{"quotes":[{"text":"Things are happening out there. Don’t waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion.","author":"Ogwo David Emenike","tags":["dare","explore","inspirational","life","motivational","oblivion","work"],"id":8785,"author_id":"Ogwo+David+Emenike"},{"text":"No mark survives this place: you too will yieldto unmemory.","author":"Mathew Henderson","tags":["death","loss","memory","oblivion","poem","poetry"],"id":28804,"author_id":"Mathew+Henderson"},{"text":"Unless death is made a lesson for the living, the life lived is wasted.Why should life come into existence only to be destroyed? One dies and another is born—for what? A few miserable hours of life—then oblivion!With this recognition of the finality of death, no one should willingly withhold acts that would bring benefits, joy or happiness to others. In death, the hesitant act can no longer be performed—the word of praise is as impossible as yesterday's return.What perversity justified inflicting pain, suffering and death upon others who have done no wrong? If death ends all, why fight while we are living? Why shorten life with unnecessary pain and suffering? How futile are the petty problems of individuals, with their hates and jealousies, when all vanish with death? All the prayers in the world cannot wipe out one injustice.Every wrong is irreparable.The dead cannot forgive.All the tears and sighs are of no avail.Forgiveness cannot be granted when lips cannot move.Praise cannot be heard when ears cannot hear; joy cannot be experienced when the heart no longer beats; and the happiness of an affectionate embrace can no longer be felt when arms are limp and the eyes are forever closed.","author":"Joseph Lewis","tags":["death","embrace","finality","finite","forgiveness","injustice","joy","life","oblivion","pain","praise","suffering","tears","wrong"],"id":39269,"author_id":"Joseph+Lewis"},{"text":"I'm always angry about the death of people who are still alive, their eyes are opened, yet they can't see anything...The spell of ignorance.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["alive","anger","angry","death","die","dying","dying-while-alive","eyes","fool","foolish","ignorance","infuriated","kill","killer","low","low-self-esteem","michael-bassey-johnson","oblivion","open-your-eyes","spell","without-knowledge"],"id":39823,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Oblivion cures the old wounds.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["cure","cures","dejan-stojanovic","literature","literature","oblivion","poetry","poetry","to-live-by","thoughts","wisdom","wound","wounds"],"id":39875,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"Standing at the edge of timeAlmost falling down to the dark abyssAs I near the end of mineI reminisce the things I will missThe smiles and laughterRunning around without a careThe time when my grin will never falterBeing so free, willing my soul to bareHeartaches, heartbreaks and tearsNow I know better and to myself I will never lieBecause in woe, I learned to love and never fearThose were the best and worst moments of my lifeAs the memories rush back to meI look down and now I feel relievedBecause when it is timeEverything will be fine when I leave.","author":"Isabelle Guzman","tags":["desolation","life","life-and-living","loneliness","memories","oblivion","peace-of-mind"],"id":51004,"author_id":"Isabelle+Guzman"},{"text":"The fear of meeting the opposition of envy, or the illiberality of ignorance is, no doubt, the frequent cause of preventing many ingenious men from ushering opinions into the world which deviate from common practice. Hence for want of energy, the young idea is shackled with timidity and a useful thought is buried in the impenetrable gloom of eternal oblivion.","author":"Robert Fulton","tags":["doubt","energy","envy","fear","ignorance","oblivion","opinions","opposition"],"id":54000,"author_id":"Robert+Fulton"},{"text":"She was my black rose, a broken angel I could hug and drift away with into peaceful oblivion.","author":"Jess C. Scott","tags":["dark-fiction","darkness","oblivion","peace"],"id":57921,"author_id":"Jess+C.+Scott"},{"text":"If the town were a black hole, I was the helpless star being sucked into oblivion. It was an oblivion I craved.","author":"J.D. Stroube","tags":["black-hold","crave","horror","inspiration","oblivion","paranormal","star"],"id":63416,"author_id":"J.D.+Stroube"},{"text":"Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.","author":"Robert Macfarlane","tags":["adventure","arrogance","humility","inspirational","mountaineering","mountains","oblivion"],"id":63660,"author_id":"Robert+Macfarlane"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":58,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}