{"quotes":[{"text":"If kindness wins, accountability rules.","author":"Galit Breen","tags":["experience","experience-and-grace","experience-mistakes-wisdom","experiences","kindness","kindness-compassion","kindness-friendship","kindness-is-soft","kindness-of-strangers","kindness-of-women","kindness","kindness","relationship","relationship-advice","relationship","relationships","relationships-101","truth","truth-of-life","truth","truth-telling","truths"],"id":2669,"author_id":"Galit+Breen"},{"text":"A relationship that is truly genuine does not keep changing its colors. Real gold never rusts. If a relationship is really solid and golden, it will be unbreakable. Not even Time can destroy its shine.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["artificial","authentic","business","business-partners","colors","dating","friends","friendship","genuine","gold","golden","life","love","love","love-relationships","loving","marriage","married","partnerships","precious","precious-metals","real","relationship","relationships-101","relationships-advice","rust","shine","sincere","solid","test-of-love","time","true","true-love","true-relationships","truth","unbreakable"],"id":11227,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Love is like breathing. You can't live without it.","author":"Imania Margria","tags":["desire","life","life-lessons","life-philosophy","life","love","love","love","relationship-advice","relationship","relationships","relationships-101","relationships-love","romance","romantic"],"id":13428,"author_id":"Imania+Margria"},{"text":"The only man worth having in your life is one that would never let you walk away.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["love","men","relationships-101","worth-fighting-for"],"id":14771,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The hardest part of letting go is the 'uncertainty'--when you are afraid that the moment you let go of someone you will hate yourself when you find out how close you were to winning their affection. Every time you give yourself hope you steal away a part of your time, happiness and future. However, once in a while you wake up to this realization and you have to hold on tightly to this truth because your heart will tear away the foundation of your logic, by making excuses for why this person doesn't try as much as you. The truth is this: Real love is simple. We are the ones that make it complicated. A part of disconnecting is recognizing the difference between being desired and being valued. When someone loves you they will never keep you waiting, give their attention and affection away to others, allow you to continue hurting, or ignore what you have gone through for them. On the other hand, a person that desires you can't see your pain, only what they can get from you with minimal effort in return. They let you risk everything, while they guard their heart and reap the benefits of your feelings. We make so many excuses for the people we fall in love with and they make up even more to remain one foot in the door. However, the truth is God didn't create you to be treated as an option or to be disrespected repeatedly. He wants you to close the door. If someone loves you and wants to be in your life no obstacle will keep them from you. Remember, you are royalty, not a beggar.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["dignity","divorce","failed-relationships","future","haters","having-faith","healing","health","hurt","ignored","letting-go","limbo","living","love","mental-health","one-sided","open-doors","pain","pause","queens","recharging","relationships-101","repairing","self-worth","spiritual-health","staying-positive","stuck","tired","true-love","trusting-god"],"id":18120,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"It is better to be alone then to be in a relationship, while you are trying to figure out what love means to you.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["alone","being-alone","couples","dating","fights","growth","knowing-your-needs","loves-meaning","relationships","relationships-101","self-evaluation","what-you-want"],"id":21331,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The purpose of any healthy relationship is to find someone that will magnify your life's experiences, not tolerate it or become a spectator of it.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["caring","cheering-section","dreamers","enthusiastic","excited-about-life","experiences","feeling-alive","fun","happy","hobbies","interested","like-minds","planners","positive","relationships-101","same-goals","shares","sidelines","stayingpositiveu-com","talents","tolerating"],"id":23783,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"I don't want what love is. I want what love is supposed to be.","author":"N'Zuri Za Austin","tags":["agape-love","desires-and-dreams","desires","love","love","love-story","relationship","relationship","relationships-101","want","want"],"id":24498,"author_id":"N%27Zuri+Za+Austin"},{"text":"Somethings worth having defy logic. They come with obstacles, challenges, battles and long periods of wandering in the dark. Your path won't make sense to your family or friends. People will weigh in with their life rules and fears, but in the end it is your life. That pull you feel is real and often your intuition. It nags at you everyday. Follow it for as far as it takes you because life is too short to dwell on indecision, while you forget to live. Take a chance because if you have a good heart God isn't going to abandon you. He will travel wherever you need to go, in order to find the missing pieces of your soul.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["bravery","career","chances","choices","closure","complete","dreams","following-your-heart","future","happiness","indecision","intuition","journeys","joy","life","love","novels","peace","relationships-101","stories","taking-chances","travel","true-love","whole"],"id":26201,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"God has a plan and guess what? The plan is to stop waiting for him to do everything for you. The person you want in your life is not a sign. Not a clue. Not a wish. Not a prayer. Not a tarot card or a matter of timing. It is work. It is devotion, and like any dream if you want it then God will open doors for you to obtain it. You just have to stop setting the bar so low that everything below is a sign from God and everything above is asking too much.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["dating-101","dating-advice","dream-girl","dream-guy","effort","marriage","relationships-101","selective","self-worth","settling","significant-other","spouse","stayingpositiveu-com"],"id":30695,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":117,"pages":12,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}