{"quotes":[{"text":"We formed an impromptu circle just so we could look at each other and memorize faces. We hardly noticed the waiting officials. We hardly noticed anything but our little family whose ties weren’t loosening at all. In fact, this impending separation only seemed to be binding us together with a double overhand knot, hard to untie and unfailing.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","desperation","family","glass-girl","government","grief","henry-whitmire","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","loss","love","meg-kavanagh","nicaragua","orphanage","orphans","perfect-glass","prayer","romance"],"id":14050,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are the people and I’d give my right arm to be a light, a comfort, to them. I know you would, too. In whatever form it takes. Use these materials and make something great. Do it on faith, knowing you probably won’t be around to see how the story ends.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","dedication","glass-girl","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationships","love","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","romance","sacrifice","teen-books","teen-fiction","volunteerism","wyoming","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":17315,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Hold still, Meg, you’re dripping blood on my car seats.”I reached behind the passenger seat of Tennyson’s car looking for the white sheet she’d thrown in for mopping up bodily fluids. Quinn, sitting in the back seat, read my mind and handed it to me. “Thank you.”“No problem.” He leaned forward, pulling a corner of the sheet up to wipe off a small stream of blood on my neck. “You okay?","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","distracted-driving","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationships","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","romance","teen-fiction","texting","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":39356,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"And what do you want?”I almost choked. “How could you even ask me that, Henry?”He sighed. “Because I’m thousands of miles away. Because I Skyped into your living room late one night and there’s a dude sitting next to you in the dark. Because Thanet tells me things. And Tennyson sent me a picture of you in a dress that looks like lingerie.”“It’s not that bad,” I said.“I didn’t say it was bad, Meg. It’s about a million miles from bad.” His voice was breaking with exasperation. “Things are crazy here, and I’m questioning everything.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["breakups","dating","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","jealousy","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationships","love","meg-kavanagh","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","playlist-fiction","romance","skype","wyoming"],"id":53001,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"I worried I would miss it, and I knew, from losing Wyatt, that things happen the moment the soul is released. Wyatt had been there in the school, watching me, making sure I survived. Souls linger…they do. They linger a bit before they turn toward eternity. It could be that no matter how perfect their future will be, the past still tugs for a moment.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["art","artist","creativity","death","dying","glass-girl","grief","henry-whitmire","hospital","jo-russell","laura-anderson-kurk","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","soul","teen-fiction","teen-literature","what-happens-when-you-die","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":74861,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Her problem is with pretty,” Tennyson said. 'She thinks I’ll need all these dresses in college. Like I would ever in a billion years pledge a sorority. I’ll pack a few of these to be ironic, though. I can wear them to, like, truck stops at night with mascara running down my cheeks and stuff.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["beauty","college","college-application","dresses","glass-girl","graduation","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","love","perfect-glass","pretty","romance","sorority","teen-fiction","tennyson","truck-stops","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":81229,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Quinn spoke their language—all mystery and inside jokes, scarred souls and statement shirts. It was a beautiful moment for him—in his element and completely happy.When they started playing, he leaned over and whispered in my ear. “See that guitar?”I nodded.“That’s a 1969 Martin D28. Hear me when I say if I had to choose between a beautiful girl and that guitar, I’d choose the guitar. Natch.” He took a huge gulp of water, clearly affected.“Naturally,” I whispered. “It could be why you’re still single.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","glass-girl","guitar","henry-whitmire","indie-band","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationship","love","martin-guitar","meg-kavanagh","music","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","rock-band","romance","teen-fiction","teen-literature","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":113224,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"New rules—we needed new rules. No one opens the main doors but me. No one leaves the property without me. No one goes outside without letting me know. I had these horrible images in my head of kids being restrained against their wills, of kids crying my name out, begging me to help them when I was powerless. Desperate times… Lord, my soul called out. Lord…somehow that’s as far as I could get. I didn’t have the words.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["desperation","glass-girl","government","laura-anderson-kurk","love","orphanage","perfect-glass","prayer","romance","separation","teen-fiction","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":130152,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"You’re kidding, right? The whole town will know where we are just by the idle on that thing.”He feigned a look of shock. “That thing is a 1966 GTO. It has a name, okay? It’s Mack—as in ‘to mack on women.’ I rebuilt it last year, and I was told the engine makes girls hot.”“Someone actually used those words? Is it true?”“TBD,” he said.“You’re goofy. Let’s ride in my Jeep. Its name is Jeep.” Quinn chuckled. “Kavanagh has a smart mouth.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["cars","dating","glass-girl","henry-whitmire","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","love","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","relationships","romance","teen-fiction","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":132144,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"I’m not sure about all the particulars that led to this moment. Do I believe life is a series of dots to be connected…or that no one can outrun destiny…or that all roads lead to truth and coincidence is a lie to distract us? The reason I was in this place no longer mattered. The harsh reality stared me in the face and demanded an immediate decision. Walk away and blame it on my age. Or stay and try to help a woman who had slowly become my friend over the last few weeks.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["aging","art","artist","beauty","college-application","glass-girl","grief","henry-whitmire","high-school","illness","laura-anderson-kurk","love","meg-kavanagh","perfect-glass","quinn-o-neill","relationships","responsibility","romance","teen-fiction","volunteerism","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":145373,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":43,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}