{"quotes":[{"text":"It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written.","author":"Karl Marx","tags":["ancient-greece","catholic","catholic-saints","classics","destruction","heathendom","history","manuscripts","monks","saints"],"id":53741,"author_id":"Karl+Marx"},{"text":"Only Southerners have taken horsewhips and pistols to editors about the treatment or maltreatment of their manuscript. This--the actual pistols--was in the old days, of course, we no longer succumb to the impulse. But it is still there, within us.","author":"William Faulkner","tags":["editors","manuscripts","southerners","writers"],"id":207070,"author_id":"William+Faulkner"},{"text":"To my amazement, miraculously, the lid suddenly loosened and slid all the way open, revealing its hidden cargo: A stack of small paper booklets. Dozens and dozens of them. Booklets made of ordinary sheets of white writing paper, folded in half, and hand-stitched along the spine. Booklets in remarkably pristine condition, all covered in a small, neat handwriting that I instantly recognized. The hair stood up on the back of my neck. I could hardly breathe.","author":"Syrie James","tags":["anthony-whitaker","discovery","handwriting","hidden-treasures","manuscripts","samantha-mcdonough","treasures"],"id":214006,"author_id":"Syrie+James"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}