{"quotes":[{"text":"45,000 sections of reinforced concrete—three tons each.Nearly 300 watchtowers.Over 250 dog runs.Twenty bunkers.Sixty five miles of anti-vehicle trenches—signal wire, barbed wire, beds of nails.Over 11,000 armed guards.A death strip of sand, well-raked to reveal footprints.200 ordinary people shot dead following attempts to escape the communist regime.96 miles of concrete wall.Not your typical holiday destination.JF Kennedy said the Berlin Wall was a better option than a war. In TDTL, the Anglo-German Bishop family from the pebbledashed English suburb of Oaking argue about this—among other—notions while driving to Cold War Berlin, through all the border checks, with a plan to visit both sides of it.","author":"Joanna Campbell","tags":["1960s-nostalgia","cold-war","coming-of-age-novel","depression-humor","east-germany","family-drama","family-relationships","road-trip"],"id":2595,"author_id":"Joanna+Campbell"},{"text":"If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn’t, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost.If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn't, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost. Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me? Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me?","author":"Miranda Parker","tags":["african-american","chicklit","family-drama","mystery-suspense","romantic-suspense","southern-","southern-writers","summer"],"id":4108,"author_id":"Miranda+Parker"},{"text":"There are family mysteries I cannot solve. There are family mysteries I am unwilling to solve.","author":"Sherman Alexie","tags":["family","family-drama","family-relationships"],"id":25221,"author_id":"Sherman+Alexie"},{"text":"We understood it was possible to know things one was not supposed to know…” Lone Walk From Panther Creek.","author":"Kat Kaelin","tags":["death","faith","family-drama","family-life","hope","life","religion-philosophy","supernatural","unknown"],"id":46380,"author_id":"Kat+Kaelin"},{"text":"Sophie clutched Grant tighter. 'I don’t know what screwed-up messages from your family are floating around in your head right now, but you’re staying right here.","author":"Jennifer Lane","tags":["family-drama","family-relationships","grant-madsen","love","romance","romantic-suspense","sophie-taylor"],"id":46553,"author_id":"Jennifer+Lane"},{"text":"In life we all should learn to forgive but never forget. Best way to learn from our mistakes.","author":"Jonathan Anthony Burkett","tags":["family-drama","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","jonathan-anthony-burkett","lessons-in-life","lessons-learned","life","love","mistakes-we-make","people","understanding-oneself-and-others"],"id":48291,"author_id":"Jonathan+Anthony+Burkett"},{"text":"Family’s the luck of the draw, Lena. What you make of yourself, because of or despite it, that’s where the spine and heart come in.","author":"Nora Roberts","tags":["courage","family","family-drama","family-relationships","heart","luck","strength"],"id":48985,"author_id":"Nora+Roberts"},{"text":"Some people aren't meant to stay in your life. But, that doesn't mean you can't carry a piece of them in your heart.","author":"Jill Shalvis","tags":["contemporary-romance","family-drama","family-issues","small-town-romance"],"id":55701,"author_id":"Jill+Shalvis"},{"text":"Don’t destroy yourself over somebody else’s foolishness. I know they betrayed you. I know they lied on you. I know they talked behind your back and told all of your business. I know they hurt you to the core. I know they turned their back on you. I know they cheated on you. I know they mislead you. I know, I KNOW. In spite of it all, you have to know that you are worth more than what they dished out to you. You will survive! You will make it through! Remember who YOU are and know YOUR self-worth!","author":"Stephanie Lahart","tags":["betrayal","encouragement","encouragement","family-drama","family-relationships","friendship","friendship","inspirational","life-experience","life-lessons","life","motivational","relationship-advice","relationship","stephanie-lahart","stephanie-lahart"],"id":77410,"author_id":"Stephanie+Lahart"},{"text":"In order to keep liking Nick (as opposed to loving him which was completely non-negotiable) Alice sometimes had to look at him obliquely or with her eyes half closed or through a pin hole on a piece of cardboard. Straight on would burn her retinas.","author":"Carol Anshow","tags":["books","family-drama"],"id":92004,"author_id":"Carol+Anshow"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":71,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}