{"quotes":[{"text":"Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts.","author":"Ezra Taft Benson","tags":["conflict","contention","family","hostile","lord"],"id":749,"author_id":"Ezra+Taft+Benson"},{"text":"[Patricia Highsmith] was an extremely unbalanced person, extremely hostile and misanthropic and totally incapable of any kind of relationship, not just intimate ones. I felt sorry for her, because it wasn't her fault. There was something in her early days or whatever that made her incapable. She drove everybody away and people who really wanted to be friends ended up putting the phone down on her.It seemed to me as if she had to ape feelings and behaviour, like Ripley. Of course sometimes having no sense of social behaviour can be charming, but in her case it was alarming. I remember once, when she was trying to have a dinner party with people she barely knew, she deliberately leaned towards the candle on the table and set fire to her hair. People didn't know what to do as it was a very hostile act and the smell of singeing and burning filled the room.","author":"Andrew Wilson","tags":["alarming","ape","asperger-s","aspergers","aspergers-syndrome","autism","behaviour","burning","charm","charming","dinner-party","fault","feelings","fire","hostile","incapable","intimacy","misanthropic","misanthropy","people","relationship","singeing","social-behaviour","unbalanced"],"id":13973,"author_id":"Andrew+Wilson"},{"text":"Night has settled over Paris.The streets have cleared of the crowds, and the city has been lit up. I set my book down, deciding to go for a walk. The Eiffel Tower is only a few blocks away. Now that there aren't many people out, I can walk there without having to fight my way through mobs of gawking tourists.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":39639,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"He drinks his coffee tentatively, glancing at me every few seconds, watching me. Every time he glances in my direction, I quickly turn away though he obviously knows I'm watching him. I know he's wondering why I'm staring at him, but he doesn't ask.I finally take a sip of coffee, set the mug back on the table, and voice what's on my mind, 'I want to draw you.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":66813,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"I'm being pulled under - father and farther from the surface. My lungs continue to scream for air. Panic is building inside me, threatening to combust. I can't break free.Help! I can't break free!I open my mouth to scream.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":81811,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"Indwelling sin remains in us even though it has been dethroned. And though it has been overthrown and weakened, its nature has not changed. Sin is still hostile to God and cannot submit to His law (Romans 8:7). Thus we have an implacable enemy of righteousness right in our own hearts. What diligence and watchfulness is required of us when this enemy in our souls is ready to oppose every effort to do good!","author":"Jerry Bridges","tags":["dethroned","god","hostile","nature","overthrown","sin","weakened"],"id":103397,"author_id":"Jerry+Bridges"},{"text":"Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["betray","betrayal","bullies","bully","bullying","burn","cheat","cheater","corrupt","cynical","cynics","dark","darkness","hateful","hostile","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","liar","light","lying","malevolent","malicious","negative","negative-people","negativity","pessimistic","pessimists","spiteful","toxic","toxic-people","toxicity","vengeful","vicious","vindictive"],"id":118020,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"I grab the nearest lamppost when my knees threaten to give out, panting for breath as the words rip through me.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":148279,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"He smirks, shaking his head and letting his eyes wander. I watch him carefully, wondering what I can say to get him to leave. “I’m not leaving until you answer some questions. Plus, I’m holding your sketchbook hostage, so you might want to cooperate.” I raise an eyebrow at him. I guess there isn’t much I can say. “This isn’t a hostage negotiation.” He chuckles half-heartedly as his eyes take me in, almost sizing me up. “I guess I should introduce myself.” He holds a hand out for me to shake. “I’m Nathan.” I stare at his hand for a moment. “Taylor,” I reply, meeting his eyes again without taking his hand. He lets his hand fall back to his side. “At least I got you to say something non-hostile.” “I haven’t been hostile,” I object. His eyebrows shoot up. “Oh, haven’t you?” “Why don’t you leave me alone?” I snap. “Leave and don’t come back.” I move passed him, heading for my apartment. He can’t follow and annoy me if I lock the door. “Where are you going?” he demands. I look back over my shoulder and roll my eyes at him, indicating the answer should be obvious: anywhere he isn’t. Once inside, I slam the door behind me. “That was totally not hostile!” he calls after me, sarcastically. I quickly head for my bedroom door, slamming it, too.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":150621,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"},{"text":"I take in all the colorful locks that line the bridge. Each one told a story. Each lock represented a relationship that was once special, whether it ended or turned into true happiness. The locks represented a past, present, and a possible future.","author":"Ashley Earley","tags":["abandon","abandoned","alone","alone-in-paris","art","artist","bookworm","bridge","car-crash","cute","cute-guys","cute-moment","cute-things-guys-say","depression","draw","eiffel-tower","hostile","hot","lock-bridge","paris","paris-at-night","reader","romance","romance-humor","romance-novel","romance-novels","scared-of","scared-young-love","sketch","sketch-artist","suicide","teen","teen-book","teen-contemporary-romance","teen-fiction","teen-romance","water","writer","writers-life","young-adult","young-adult-book","young-adult-contemporary","young-adult-contemporary-romance","young-adult-fiction","young-adult-romance"],"id":177595,"author_id":"Ashley+Earley"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}