{"quotes":[{"text":"Not everyone can just up an’ go whenever they please!","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","ana","complaint","jason-medina","not-everyone","realism","reality","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc","up-and-go","whenver-they-please"],"id":14229,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"For a while she cried silently until she tired herself out and the overwhelming feeling of sleepiness overcame her. The room around her was fairly silent, although she wasn’t the only one crying herself to sleep. It was quite common at places like this to hear cries in the dark. There were so many saddened and lonesome souls around her. It was usually at night when they were reminded of just how sad and lonely they actually were.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["adolescent-unit","amanda","cried","cries","cry","crying","dark","hospital-ward","jason-medina","kings-park","kings-park-psychiatric-center","kings-park-state-hospital","kppc","kpsh","loneliness","lonely","sad","sadness","sleep","sleepy","teenage-girls"],"id":33614,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"Cemeteries can be creepy, creepy, ‘specially at night.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","afraid","cemeteries","creepy","fear","jason-medina","night","rini","scary","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc"],"id":40927,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"You know? Ain’t it ironic how we live our entire lives without the luxury of time, only to spend an eternity in death.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","afterlife","death","eternity","ironic","irony","jason-medina","life","life-and-death","live-our-lives","luxuries","luxury","rini","tribal-p","tribal-publications-inc"],"id":59304,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"Come on in. The water’s fine.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","beckoned","come-on-in","invitation","invite","jason-medina","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc","water"],"id":73867,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"She gazed at him alluringly and grinned. No further words were necessary.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","allure","alluring","gaze","gazed","gazed-alluringly","grinned","in-love","jason-medina","love","necessary","no-words","no-words-were-necessary","quiet","romance","silence","staring","tribal","tribal-publications-inc"],"id":82249,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"One could only learn from the past and move on through the present to make a better future.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["future","jason-medina","learn","learn-from-the-past","past","present","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc","xlibris"],"id":109142,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"Rini moved in to kiss him, but on his cheek. She gave him two pecks on his right cheek and one more on his left, which caused him to blush. “Three kisses, huh?”She beamed at him and nodded when she explained, “Fo’ Faith, Hope, an’ Charity.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","and-charity","beamed","blush","blushing","charity","faith","for-faith","hope","jason-medina","kiss","kisses","love","ray-durante","rini","romance","superstition","superstitious","three-kisses","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc","voo-doo","voodoo"],"id":111309,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"By the time she awoke she couldn’t even remember if she had a dream or a nightmare. There had only been a deathlike peace.","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["adolescent-unit","amanda","awoke","building-122","death","deathlike","dream","dreams","group-2","hospital","jason-medina","kings-park","kings-park-psychiatric-center","kings-park-state-hospital","kppc","kpsh","nightmare","peace","psych-ward","sleep"],"id":130966,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"},{"text":"She shrugged innocently at him and asked, “What I do?","author":"Jason Medina","tags":["a-ghost-in-new-orleans","innocence","jason-medina","rini","shrug","shrugged","tribal-publications","tribal-publications-inc","what"],"id":133684,"author_id":"Jason+Medina"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}