{"quotes":[{"text":"The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["benefit","benevolence","devotion","friend","friendship","gain","happiness","love","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","secret-to-success","success"],"id":1664,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not.  Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things.  I can easily reach from A to B.  I can manage from B to C. I can then make it from C to D.  And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["ambition","dreams","goals","goals-in-life","one-step-at-a-time","reaching-goals","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","steps"],"id":2831,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"I wish I could fly.I wish I were rich.I wish I had more time.”“But you can, and you are, and you do; I wish you would open your eyes.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["be-thankful","count-your-blessings","counting-blessings","fly","i-wish","rich","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","wanting","wealth","wishes"],"id":3157,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Freedom is essential to the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is essential to artistic evolution and expression. Freedom is essential to the expansion of the human mind. Freedom is essential to the development and application of basic humanitarianism.Freedom is essential to the creation of an individual's will, motivations, preferences, and unique talents. In essence, freedom is essential to the success and progress of humanity.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["autonomy","birth","freedom","independence","independence-day","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","yearning"],"id":3495,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"What if stars were the glimmering tears of a giant, welling in his cheeks, waiting to fall at the first tender stroke of emotion? What if the moon were a wide-open eye gazing down on our tiny, little world and its tiny, little inhabitants as they rush to and fro in pursuit of tiny, little dreams? What if the sun were the glowing heart of a great beast, pumping hot blood to keep him alive while providing warmth for our pitiful world? Ahhh, imagination; it is a wondrous thing!","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["imagination","imagining","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","what-if","wonder","wondering"],"id":5596,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["cuddlier","cuddly","cute","cuter","fat","plump","pudgy","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","stout","stuffed","stuffing","teddy-bear"],"id":5666,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Art doesn’t bare itself to just anyone, but to believers called artists.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["art","artistry","artists","creating-art","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich"],"id":6638,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine's Day echo every day of the year.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["love","love","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","romance","romantic","valentine","valentine-s-day","valentines-day"],"id":7362,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"Your face is engraved in my mind. I can’t erase it. I don’t want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["emotion","hate","i-hate-you","i-love-you","love","love","relationships","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich"],"id":7554,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"If I were to sit on the ocean floor and look toward the sky,I might see a whale or electric eel or octopus pass by.And if I decided to jump straight up and reach with open arms,I might feel the pleasure of ocean flight propel me ’mid their swarms.But if I were seated upon the shore and looking toward the stars,I might see a comet or falling star near Mercury or Mars.Then if I decided to jump straight up and reach with open hands,I might feel despair when my feet refused to leave the shoreline sand.And so I return to the ocean depths where swimming creatures fly,For there I can soar with the whales and fish that daily touch the sky.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["fly","flying","ocean","ocean-waters","poems","poetry","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","sky","soaring","stars"],"id":11039,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":690,"pages":69,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}