{"quotes":[{"text":"...Summer softens lines that winter cruelly shows...","author":"John Geddes","tags":["age","face","lines","softens","summer","winter"],"id":25788,"author_id":"John+Geddes"},{"text":"If a palmist grasp my palm, and look into it, without seeing a single line, what would he read?","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["abnormal","confusion","decipher","empathy","lies","lines","michael-bassey-johnson","mystic","mystical","occultism","palm-reading","palmistry","paranormal","prediction","prognostication","psychic","psycopath","quest","question","questions","seer","strange"],"id":46220,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.","author":"David Levithan","tags":["books","lines","reading"],"id":53632,"author_id":"David+Levithan"},{"text":"Great characters- They are pivotal for a great plot. THEN a solid plot: Why then? If you do not have great characters it is impossible to create a good plot, nonetheless a solid one. Once you have built great characters for the scenes, there you have it. It’s just like the movies, you cannot have a great film if the characters are frail and their lines are weak as well. I guess great world-building comes along with a good plot. If there is something that will work fine in a novel is how you will develop from the theme. You’ve got to establish a good timeline, and from there it comes a world. You see the technical matters don’t match or matter as much to me. Even a poorly written story, if there is a good plot and great characters on it will make a divine combination There are simply many cases of it over the mainstream and that even reached the big screen.","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["book-making","books","characters","creative-process","creative-writing","fiction","how-to-write","how-to-write-fiction","lines","plots","process-improvement","process-of-creation","stories","writers-and-writing","writers-inspiration","writers-on-writing","writing","writing-advice","writing-books","writing-process","writing-tip"],"id":66786,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.","author":"James L. Buckley","tags":["conservative","liberal","lines "],"id":76339,"author_id":"James+L.+Buckley"},{"text":"The art of reading between the lines is as old as manipulated information.","author":"Serge Schmemann","tags":["reading","information","lines "],"id":87926,"author_id":"Serge+Schmemann"},{"text":"Some are condemned to remain mere “clock and smart phone watchers”, inasmuch as they are not able to read and interpret the lines of their life or don't even treasure the enchantment of daily captivating moments. If we are not prepared to give some personal time to social time, we walk like blind men through gloomy alleys of our existence. ( ' Please. Just a bit of a chat ' ).","author":"Erik Pevernagie","tags":["able","alleys","blind-men","captivating","chat","clock","condemned","daily","enchantment","existence","give","gloomy","interpret","life","lines","moments","personal-time","prepared","read","remain","smart-phone","social-time","treasure","walk","watchers"],"id":96677,"author_id":"Erik+Pevernagie"},{"text":"Those who think only in straight lines cannot see around a curve.","author":"Romina Russell","tags":["curves","justice","lines","truth","zodiac"],"id":98565,"author_id":"Romina+Russell"},{"text":"Never believe the lines on your hands that predict your future. Because people who don't have also have future.","author":"Moosa Rahat","tags":["believe","future","hands","lines","never","predict"],"id":101955,"author_id":"Moosa+Rahat"},{"text":"99% of natural poets discovered their talents through love letters.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["amorous","bard","beginning","lines","love","love-letter","love-letters","michael-bassey-johnson","notes","outcome","passion","poets","result","writer","writers"],"id":107906,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":46,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}