{"quotes":[{"text":"My sister is running away to get lost, but I am running away because I want to find something. And my parents love me so much that they want to help me. Yeah, Dad is a drunk and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don't want their kids to be drunks.","author":"Sherman Alexie","tags":["drunk","find-something","help","kids","lost","parents","running-away","sister","to-be"],"id":4461,"author_id":"Sherman+Alexie"},{"text":"The smell of cigarette smoke in the air in a tavern that changes names often,a bar cursed because of a girl who died of a drug overdose in the basement, we put a few coins in the jukebox;chose “Angel Band” by Johnny Cash and sat down at the bar,ordered a soda, you wanted a whiskey on the rocks.We saw the coal miner who moved here from West Virginiaknocking back liquor like I drink sweet tea.No one asked why he was so solemn today.It was warm. It was relatively quiet.To anyone else, this place could feel sinister.But to us, it was freedom. It was a hiding place.No one was ever here long enough to know us.And we liked it that way.","author":"Taylor Rhodes","tags":["adult-nonfiction","diary","freedom","journal","love","lust","memoir","nonfiction","running-away","self-discovery","self-exploration","sixteenth-notes","taylor-rhodes","young-adult","youth-nonfiction"],"id":6206,"author_id":"Taylor+Rhodes"},{"text":"What do we do after things fall apart? Do we run to the familiar once again? Do we attempt to numb the pain with distractions? What do we do after things fall apart?","author":"Benyf","tags":["broken-heart","falling-apart","numbing","running-away"],"id":9431,"author_id":"Benyf"},{"text":"Anyway, what can one do here? I am seriously thinking of running away and joining the Foreign Legion or the North-West Mounted Police—whichever work the shorter hours.","author":"Anthony Powell","tags":["escape","foreign-legion","running-away","stringham"],"id":10344,"author_id":"Anthony+Powell"},{"text":"When we run away from something. We're usually running away from ourselves.","author":"Anthony T. Hincks","tags":["ourselves","philosophy","running","running-away","trouble","usually"],"id":12194,"author_id":"Anthony+T.+Hincks"},{"text":"But I did it! That's the thing—I did it! What will my father say when he hears I murdered a man? Lorna, I see what I did. I murdered myself, too! I've been running around in circles. Now I'm smashed!","author":"Clifford Odets","tags":["murder","running","running-away"],"id":16160,"author_id":"Clifford+Odets"},{"text":"Just run away from your problems if you want cause sometimes we need a time to think and cool down a bit before making a decision.","author":"Adel Sakura","tags":["problems","running-away","timeless"],"id":22551,"author_id":"Adel+Sakura"},{"text":"Most people believe the journey they begin with Christ goes forward, but that is not how he works. A spiritual life is not cutting ties with people, in order to walk clean in the future. The journey home isn't running away from obstacles. It is learning to stand where you are now and handle people, assert yourself, set boundaries and never feel your happiness is dependent on another person's approval of your choices, beliefs or spiritual needs.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["apologizing","clarity","closure","dealing","denial","false-expectations","life","living-for-god","lost","maturity","moving-forward","restitution","running-away"],"id":34070,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Sometimes its hard to tell how fast the current's moving until you're headed over a waterfall.","author":"Kimberly McCreight","tags":["ahead-of-yourself","current","fast-pace","lost","running-away"],"id":44010,"author_id":"Kimberly+McCreight"},{"text":"Just a few more years and then we'll join the circus.","author":"Ray S. Jones","tags":["friendship","high-school","loyalty","running-away","temporary"],"id":54721,"author_id":"Ray+S.+Jones"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":66,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}