{"quotes":[{"text":"A chronic poet should always be an inveterate nature-lover.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["always","chronic","inveterate","literature","literature","lover","natural","nature","nature-lover","poet","poetry","poets","should","ten-words","writers","writers-on-writing"],"id":848,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Until you let go of that bitterness in your heart, it will find a comfortable place to destroy your dreams, your sight and most times, your sleep.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["anger","angry","big-dreams","bitter","bitterness","comfortable","dream-big","dreams","food-for-thought","hate","haters","hatred","heart","israelmore-ayivor","leaders","leadership","love","lover","loving","martin-luther","martin-luther-king","martin-luther-king-jr","sight","sleep"],"id":960,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["accept","acceptance","answer","ask","begin","better","betterment","compassion","compassionate","condition","conversations","converse","empathy","friend","friendship","good","hear","improvement","judge","judgement","judgment","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kind","kindness","know","knowledge","kojouri","listen","listener","love","love","lover","mindful","mindfulness","ourselves","quote","quotes","reply","reserve","respond","self","self-help","self-improvement","self-love","sincerely"],"id":1026,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Can we share my eyes so you can see what I see?Can we share my ears so you can hear what I hear?Can you perch on my shouldersso you can go where I go?Always in my heart, I don’t experience anything separate from you.This shared wonderment becomes doubled.This shared love becomes infinite.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["beloved","boyfriend","double","ears","experience","eyes","girlfriend","go","harmony","hear","husband","infinite","inspiration","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","love","love-is-love","love-poem","loved","lover","loving","me-and-you","one-love","perch","poem","quote","relationship","see","separate","share","shared","sharing","shoulders","together","togetherness","unity","wife","wonderment","you-and-i","you-and-me"],"id":1382,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"NOT UNTIL I MET YOUNot until I felt your sunshine,Did I realize that I had been in the shade.Not until I saw all your colors,Did I realize that mine had faded.Not until I heard your dreams,Did I realize that I was still sleeping.And not until I experienced my life with you,Did I realize that I was barelyBreathing.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["alive","bored","boredom","breathing","colors","complete","completeness","dying","finding-love","fire","flame","life","living","love","love-letter-shade","lover","mate","new-dreams","purpose","relationships","sleeping","soul-mate","soulmate","sunshine","twin","whole"],"id":2574,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.","author":"Eve Glicksman","tags":["ancient","breath","love","lover","soul","spirit","timeless"],"id":2896,"author_id":"Eve+Glicksman"},{"text":"I never wanted to be a martyr—even for love. I don’t want to die for love. I want to live for it.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["all-you-need-is-love","choose-life","choose-love","death","die","harmony","inspirational","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","life","life","live-for-love","living","love","love-is-all-you-need","love-is-love","love","lover","loving","martyr","martyrdom","motto","myth","one-love","peace","philosophy","relationship","soulmate","truth","union","unity"],"id":5047,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"I think falling in love is like discovering the magic of books. You think to yourself, 'how was I living before this?","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["awareness","beauty","book","consciousness","harmony","humanity","inspirational","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","love","lover","magic","oneness","quote","relationship","truth","union","unity"],"id":8248,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"She was my friend. Briefly, she was my lover. She was braver than I ever would have been in the moment of death. And I bet she was a hell of a shooting star.","author":"John Scalzi","tags":["braver","death","friend","hell","lover","moment","shooting","star"],"id":8283,"author_id":"John+Scalzi"},{"text":"Oh yes! I have couple-goals too. I love to couple myself with- Books, Coffee and Mountains.","author":"Jasleen Kaur Gumber","tags":["beautiful","books","coffee","couple","couple-goals","faith","goals","life","lover","mountains","quote","witty"],"id":8938,"author_id":"Jasleen+Kaur+Gumber"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":487,"pages":49,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}