{"quotes":[{"text":"We dropped our hands, both embarrassed by the sincerity of the moment. But I was learning, Sometimes you had to put it all out there, no matter how hard it felt to do so. When the people in your life were worth it, so was the risk.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["double-down","embarrassment","female-encouragement","friendship","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","risk","sisterhood","sisters"],"id":25982,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Someone else deciding what was too dangerous for me to be involved in or pursue had never stopped me yet.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["arrogance","danger","double-down","gwenda-bond","journalism","lois-lane","pride","pursuit-of-justice"],"id":40415,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Sometimes, if you have faith in people they'll surprise you. Mom and Dad taught me that. Risk is the price of believing most people want to be good.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["clark-kent","faith-in-people","goodness","gwenda-bond","heartland","surprise-yourself","triple-threat"],"id":47028,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"Courage doesn't mean never being afraid. We're all afraid sometimes. Bravery means doing the right thing anyway. That's true strength.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["bravery","clark-kent","courage","double-down","fear","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","smallville","strength-of-character"],"id":136039,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"He listens when I talk.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["clark-kent","conversation","dinnertime","family","gwenda-bond","listening","lois-lane","romance","triple-threat","youth"],"id":136081,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I know you don't want to be me. But I'd hate for you to ever feel like you're in my shadow. You're not and you never will be. You are awesome, and there is some kind of amazing future waiting for you.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["amazing-future","caution","double-down","family","female-encouragement","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","shadow","sisterhood","sisters"],"id":150033,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I didn't like showing weakness, not to anybody.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["double-down","fear","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","strength","strength-of-character","weakness"],"id":158772,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"I didn't mind walking into danger on my own. Not the concept of it, anyway.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["concept","danger","decision","fear","good-judgement","gwenda-bond","journalism","lois-lane","scoop","search","sneak","triple-threat"],"id":170558,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"The man was a bully. A bully who'd elevated himself to a high-level position, but a bully just the same. No amount of flattery would change how I saw him.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["adulthood","bully","bullying","flattery","gwenda-bond","lois-lane","organized-crime","politics","triple-threat"],"id":194020,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"},{"text":"For the most part, I did trust my own judgement. But I was more than capable of screwing up. Just, sometimes, I forgot about that in my quest to move forward.","author":"Gwenda Bond","tags":["good-judgement","gwenda-bond","judgement","lois-lane","moving-forward","screwing-up","triple-threat"],"id":198420,"author_id":"Gwenda+Bond"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}