{"quotes":[{"text":"The fact that you can't see how much you're worth makes you worth so much more.' She opened her mouth once, her brow bunched, but nothing came out. She didn't know the words to ask. I continued. 'A diamond doesn't know how much it's worth; it's just beautiful because it exists.","author":"Shelly Crane","tags":["beautiful","diamonds","diamonds-in-the-rough","fantasy","forbidden-love","inspirational","maxton","new-adult-fiction","opposites-attract","romance","science-fiction","science-fiction-young-adult","self-esteem","shelly-crane","sophelia","worthiness","young-adult"],"id":22378,"author_id":"Shelly+Crane"},{"text":"No offense, doll, but that’s not something I’m willing to share. I’d prefer to live a long and happy life if it’s all the same to you.”“You can’t just throw out vague allegations and then say nothing else!”“See, that’s the good thing about being a fugitive like me. I can do what the hell I like, and I’m not answerable to anyone.” Stepping away from the bars, he stands with his legs stretched out wide. His stance matches his grin.“Sure looks like that’s working out well for you,” I say, piercing him with a scornful look.","author":"Siobhan Davis","tags":["dystopian-novel-science-fiction","dystopian-romance","humor","science-fiction-romance","science-fiction-young-adult","teen-fiction","teen-romance","true-calling","ya","ystopian"],"id":28057,"author_id":"Siobhan+Davis"},{"text":"She was born of space. And starlight. But she bled wrath. And vengeance..'[From Current Work In Progress].","author":"Jenna Streety","tags":["love-poems","poems","poetry","poetry-love","science-fiction","science-fiction-poetry","science-fiction-young-adult","space","space-opera","stars","ya","young-adult"],"id":39150,"author_id":"Jenna+Streety"},{"text":"Past memories strobed before him, flashes of joy blackened by the present. Reality teased, then beckoned, home likewise. Confusion dimmed, the answer clear. This could end. Would end. In one of two ways. Still he refused, not ready for either.","author":"Marcha A. Fox","tags":["confusion","laren-brightstar","memories","misery","science-fiction-young-adult","torture","tortured-heroes"],"id":47103,"author_id":"Marcha+A.+Fox"},{"text":"I mean-- no offense, Leonard, but you really don't like to climb ropes, and get into the Marine Corps, and kill your countriy's enemies, do you?'I said that it wasn't one of the big goals of my life.'Well, maybe you'd like me to get you into this corrective gym class, where you can study toe dancing, and grow up to be a little Commie, sissy boy,' Mr. Jerris said.I told him I would like that just fine….","author":"Daniel Pinkwater","tags":["communism","education","education-system","humor","science-fiction-young-adult"],"id":87229,"author_id":"Daniel+Pinkwater"},{"text":"Loneliness struck again, its force doubled by how much she wished it was her family there instead. Then oddly enough, she met the boy's stare and that feeling came again, that this was her family.","author":"Marcha A. Fox","tags":["creena-brightstar","deja-vu","family","intuition","science-fiction-young-adult"],"id":196936,"author_id":"Marcha+A.+Fox"},{"text":"You're too scared of what it means to feel anything that matters. You're scared to love, and you hide behind this mission to destroy the code.","author":"Heidi Tankersley","tags":["love","pain","romance","science-fiction-romance","science-fiction-young-adult"],"id":226661,"author_id":"Heidi+Tankersley"},{"text":"He could have a break at last, albeit a short one, one he sorely needed. And with that appealing thought he further squelched the subconscious screams, true message lost in the deceptive world of emotion and will.","author":"Marcha A. Fox","tags":["burned-out","deceived","deception","science-fiction-young-adult","subconscious","tired"],"id":246382,"author_id":"Marcha+A.+Fox"},{"text":"Am I less of a person because I weigh more?","author":"Carol Riggs","tags":["body-image","science-fiction","science-fiction-young-adult","weight-loss"],"id":265766,"author_id":"Carol+Riggs"},{"text":"(Of the main character seeing a new world for the first time.) The air was cold but not bitterly so, and it seemed a bit rough at the back of his throat. He gazed about him, and the very intensity of his desire to take in the new world at a glance defeated itself. He saw nothing but colours - colours that refused to form themselves into things. Moreover, he knew nothing yet well enough to see it: you cannot see things till you know roughly what they are. His first impression was of a bright, pale world - a watercolour world out of a child's paint-box, a moment later he recognised the flat belt of light blue as a sheet of water, or of something like water, which came nearly to his feet. They were on the shore of a lake or river.","author":"C.S. Lewis","tags":["c-s-lewis","out-of-the-silent-planet","science-fiction","science-fiction-young-adult","space","space-exploration","vision","visionary-fiction","worlds"],"id":268075,"author_id":"C.S.+Lewis"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}