{"quotes":[{"text":"I found myself with a perseverance worthy of a much better cause.","author":"Charles Dickens","tags":["discipleship","focus","materialism","obsessions","openness"],"id":5846,"author_id":"Charles+Dickens"},{"text":"Mind hates to seep in delusion soaking faintly discolored obsession.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["delusion","discolored","faint","hate","mind","mind-power","obsession","obsessions","seep","soaking"],"id":28853,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"Cutting down a wall, the wall sawyer could feel the tension in a home ease and something windy rush in circles round her feet. It was addictive, each a sweet victory of art. The tumbling motion of a falling wall was like a volcanic eruption fading into a mountain of roses. The wall sawyer felt a loving animosity toward walls. “You must pay attention to your obsessions, where life and love intersect,” she told the little queen.","author":"Meia Geddes","tags":["addictions","art","life","love","obsessions","roses","walls"],"id":45979,"author_id":"Meia+Geddes"},{"text":"I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.","author":"Lisa Scottoline","tags":["every-fifteen-minutes","lisa-scottoline","obsession","obsessions","sociopath"],"id":85897,"author_id":"Lisa+Scottoline"},{"text":"I would fight of course. Oh, I would fight. Better destroy everything than surrender her.","author":"Vladimir Nabokov","tags":["lust","obsessed","obsession","obsessions","possessiveness"],"id":115345,"author_id":"Vladimir+Nabokov"},{"text":"There are, of course, the people who revolve around themselves--but I agree with you, she's not one of that kind. She's totally uninterested in herself. And yet she's got a strong character--there must be something. I thought at first it was her art--but it isn't. I've never met anyone so detached from life. That's dangerous.''Dangerous? What do you mean?''Well, you see--it must mean an obsession of some kind, and obsessions are always dangerous.","author":"Agatha Christie","tags":["danger","detachment","life","obsessions"],"id":136157,"author_id":"Agatha+Christie"},{"text":"If lighthouse becomes a burning candle, flickered upon ocean's insanity.Your sailing heart there anchors to handle the obsessed breeze towards sand dune's vanity.","author":"Munia Khan","tags":["anchoring","breeze","handle","heart","hearts","lighthouse","lighthouses","obsession","obsessions","ocean","oceans","poem","poems","poetry","poetry","poetry","sail","sailing","sand","sea","vanity"],"id":145656,"author_id":"Munia+Khan"},{"text":"An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.","author":"Andres Serrano","tags":["art","artist","inspiration","inspirational","obsessions"],"id":181768,"author_id":"Andres+Serrano"},{"text":"Our thoughts shape us. We become our obsessions. Our thoughts can enslave us or save us.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["life-philosophy","mindset","mindset-mastery","mindset","obsession","obsessions","passions","personal-development","personal-growth","philosophy-of-life","self-determination","self-development","self-improvement","thoughts","thoughts-on-life"],"id":262210,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["beliefs","books","boyfriend","choices","faith","family","friendships","girlfriend","hang-ups","in-love","life","love","marriage","memories","moving-on","nostalgia","obsessions","peace","relationships","religion","sister-in-laws","sisters","spouse","unrequited-love","wife","writing"],"id":264046,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}