{"quotes":[{"text":"We formed an impromptu circle just so we could look at each other and memorize faces. We hardly noticed the waiting officials. We hardly noticed anything but our little family whose ties weren’t loosening at all. In fact, this impending separation only seemed to be binding us together with a double overhand knot, hard to untie and unfailing.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","desperation","family","glass-girl","government","grief","henry-whitmire","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","loss","love","meg-kavanagh","nicaragua","orphanage","orphans","perfect-glass","prayer","romance"],"id":14050,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"I will wait for youNo matter where you areI won't get lostEven if something happensI'll be here loving youAs long as you're thereAs long as you still don't have... Someone else.","author":"Joshua Pallarca","tags":["long-distance-relationship","long-distance-relationships","love","love","relationships","relationships","romance","trust"],"id":40910,"author_id":"Joshua+Pallarca"},{"text":"Quinn spoke their language—all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him—in his element and completely happy.When they started playing, he leaned over and whispered in my ear. “See that guitar?”I nodded.“That’s a 1969 Martin D28. Hear me when I say if I had to choose between a beautiful girl and that guitar, I’d choose the guitar. Natch.” He took a huge gulp of water, clearly affected.“Naturally,” I whispered. “It could be why you’re still single.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","glass-girl","guitar","henry-whitmire","indie-band","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","martin-guitar","meg-kavanagh","music","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","rock-band","romance","teen-fiction","teen-literature","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":113224,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again.Find one lost sheep.The angels rejoice.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["angels","college","cynicism","dating","faith","glass-girl","hemingway","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","nicaragua","orphan","orphanage","perfect-glass","religion","teen-fiction","teen-literature","wyoming","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":157871,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Quit worrying so much about the boards and nails of your life. Focus on the stuff that lasts.” He glanced through the window toward the glowing light of the kitchen where Meg and my mom were laughing about something.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating-young-adult-fiction","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","meg-kavanagh","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","romance","teen-fiction","ya"],"id":185608,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Thanet is having a moment,” I said, leaning forward so Quinn could see him.“What’s wrong, man?” Quinn said. “Were you not aware high school dances suck? That they always have sucked and they will continue sucking as long as the world turns?","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["college","dances","dating","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","high-school-dances","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","romance","suck","teen-books","teen-fiction","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":186373,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"It was about how men walk into a forest afraid because they know all the things that can happen. They might wake the noisy birds and cause chaos. But kids come into the trees and see the magic. They climb them and see stars that the men were too afraid to see.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["being-but-men","chaos","college","dylan-thomas","glass-girl","government","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","meg-kavanagh","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","poetry","romance","wyoming"],"id":187481,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"What I know about you, Henry,” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["college-application","dating","faith","gentleness","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","relationship","religion","romance","tall","teen-fiction","teen-literature","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":189558,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"She didn’t see me because of the reflection on the store windows, and she wouldn’t know me in this car anyway. In fact, she probably wouldn’t know me with shaggy hair and the beginnings of a beard. So I sat for a minute, watching her dusting bookshelves, either talking to herself or singing. Her feather duster had become a prop in whatever scene she had going. She looked heart-stoppingly, breathtakingly beautiful, my Meg.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","reunion","romance","wyoming"],"id":210788,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He wore a loose shirt, cobalt blue, unbuttoned at the top, showing a prominent, knobby collarbone. He looked…complicated and hungry. She’d captured him focused intensely on a book, his face pressed against a wall like he was resting. Or waiting.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["art","artist","breakups","college","creativity","dating","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","meg-kavanagh","painter","painting","perfect-glass","relationship","romance","teen-fiction","volunteerism","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":227981,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}