{"quotes":[{"text":"If you are uncomfortable with any law or procedure, propose a motion for its amendment. Until it is amended, going against it for whatever purpose automatically makes one a rebel.","author":"OMOSOHWOFA CASEY","tags":["abide","law","obey","procedure"],"id":201445,"author_id":"OMOSOHWOFA+CASEY"},{"text":"Insecurity of the spirit demands completeness elsewhere.","author":"Peter Ackroyd","tags":["conformity","obsession","procedure","ritual"],"id":227642,"author_id":"Peter+Ackroyd"},{"text":"Oh, look, the lights are so pretty,” I said dreamily, having just noticedthem.I smiled at the way the lights were dancing overhead, pink and yellow andblue. I felt some pressure on my arm and thought, I should look over and seewhat’s going on, but then the thought was gone, sliding away like Jell-O off ahot car hood.“Fang?”“Yeah. I’m here.”I struggled to focus on him. “I’m so glad you’re here.”“Yeah, I got that.”“I don’t know what I’d do without you.” I peered up at him, trying to seepast the too-bright lights.“You’d be fine,” he muttered.“No,” I said, suddenly struck by how unfine I would be. “I would be totallyunfine. Totally.” It seemed very urgent that he understand this.Again I felt some tugging on my arm, and I really wondered what that wasabout. Was Ella’s mom going to start this procedure any time soon?“It’s okay. Just relax.” He sounded stiff and nervous. “Just...Relax. Don’ttry to talk.”“I don’t want my chip anymore,” I explained groggily, then frowned.“Actually, I never wanted that chip.”“Okay,” said Fang. “We’re taking it out.”“I just want you to hold my hand.”“I am holding your hand.”“Oh. I knew that.” I drifted off for a few minutes, barely aware ofanything, but feeling Fang’s hand still in mine.“Do you have a La-Z-Boy somewhere?” I roused myself to ask, every word aneffort.“Um, no,” said Ella’s voice, somewhere behind my head.“I think I would like a La-Z-Boy,” I mused, letting my eyes drift shutagain. “Fang, don’t go anywhere.”“I won’t. I’m here.”“Okay. I need you here. Don’t leave me.”“I won’t.”“Fang, Fang, Fang,” I murmured, overwhelmed with emotion. “I love you. Ilove you sooo much.” I tried to hold out my arms to show how much, but Icouldn’t move them.“Oh, jeez,” Fang said, sounding strangled.","author":"James Patterson","tags":["anesthesia","comfort","dizziness","don-t-go","friends","friendship","holding-hands","i-love-you","love","operation","otp","procedure","saying-i-love-you","together"],"id":246390,"author_id":"James+Patterson"},{"text":"Routine ruins the life, variety vitalise the life.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["6-word-stories","adage","advertisement","alliterations","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","book-writing","catch-lines","catchphrases","change","change-your-life","characters","creative-writing","decay","destroy","energy","entertainment","essay","everyday","everyday-life","inspirational","knowledge","life","motivational","movie","movie-dialogue","novel-writing","party","philosophy","procedure","proverbs","public-speaking","quotes","rhetoric","routine","ruin","schedule","script","script-writing","scriptwriting","six-word-memoirs","six-word-story","speech","speechwriting","story","tag-lines","variety","vitalise","vitalize","wisdom","writing"],"id":292345,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.","author":"Maria Montessori","tags":["child","test","procedure "],"id":313317,"author_id":"Maria+Montessori"},{"text":"These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another procedure altogether) every time I thought of selling the damn thing and buying a Toyota. I hope you benefit from this and preserve your ailing finances!Good luck!","author":"Christina Engela","tags":["and","another","buying","cars","finances","from","good-luck","i","improvements","procedure","significant","so","that","these","this","thought","toyota"],"id":428288,"author_id":"Christina+Engela"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}