{"quotes":[{"text":"At any other time it's better. You can do the things you feel you should; you're an expert at going through the motions. Your handshakes with strangers are firm and your gaze never wavers; you think of steel and diamonds when you stare. In monotone you repeat the legendary words of long-dead lovers to those you claim to love; you take them into bed with you, and you mimic the rhythmic motions you've read of in manuals. When protocol demands it you dutifully drop to your knees and pray to a god who no longer exists. But in this hour you must admit to yourself that this is not enough, that you are not good enough. And when you knock your fist against your chest you hear a hollow ringing echo, and all your thoughts are accompanied by the ticks of clockwork spinning behind your eyes, and everything you eat and drink has the aftertaste of rust.","author":"Dexter Palmer","tags":["depression","dexter-palmer","dissatisfied","faking-it","godless","going-through-the-motions","meaningless","modern-society","not-good-enough","the-dream-of-perpetual-motion"],"id":113936,"author_id":"Dexter+Palmer"},{"text":"Never be too angry beyond repairs. Anger is nothing good to be part of your tributes. Are you angry with someone? The sun is sinking, just drop it now.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["anger","anger-and-attitude","anger-management","angry","angry-young-man","bad-things","drop","drops","food-for-thought","hatred","hatred-and-imagination","israelmore-ayivor","joy","love","love-people","not-good","not-good-enough","peace","peaceful-life","repair","repaired","someone","someone-else-s-problem","someone-like-you","sun","sun-light","sunlight-sunset","sunrise","sunset","sunshine","tribute","tributes","unity","unity-in-the-church"],"id":150351,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"But I was not good enough. You should understand this about me—I am not a hero; not one to tap unknown reserves of courage; not one to rise to circumstance. I am the understudy who chokes on his lines when he is forced onto the stage. I am never, ever good enough.","author":"Dexter Palmer","tags":["cowardly","dexter palmer","failure","hero","narrator","not-good-enough","the-dream-of-perpetual-motion"],"id":285408,"author_id":"Dexter+Palmer"},{"text":"...And you drink a little too much and try a little too hard. And you go home to a cold bed and think, 'That was fine'. And your life is a long line of fine.","author":"Gillian Flynn","tags":["alcohol","alone-forever","average","cold","drink","empty","fine","life","loneliness","lonely","love","mediocre","not-good-enough","okay","stuck-in-a-rut","thinking","thoughts","try-too-hard"],"id":311403,"author_id":"Gillian+Flynn"},{"text":"A world full of 'certainties'All the plans, all the vanities.Where black covers the whiteSuited in 'confidence'- the constant fight.A million roads I dream to takeOne destination, knowing not I turn where.A green veil covers for two years, some two decades.But the 'plan' awaits, new roads to make.I pant, I struggle, I do my best While they say,'You are, dear, but so inadequate'.","author":"Sanhita Baruah","tags":["ambitions","ambitious","arrogance","aspirations","best","black","black-suit","campus-life","certain","certainty","college-life","confidence","confidence-vs-arrogance","corporate","corporate-life","demons","diffidence","dream-company","dream-job","dreams","education","expectations","fight","firms","group-discussions","inadequate","inner-fight","interviews","job-life","lies","life","mba","not-enough","not-good-enough","people","planning","plans","pride","process","protect","protection","realities","school","society","start-up","struggle","suit-up","suited-up","uncertain","uncertainty","unplanned","white","work-life-balance"],"id":351399,"author_id":"Sanhita+Baruah"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}