{"quotes":[{"text":"The utter unbroken silence was more appalling than any ominous noise, than the loudest yells of anguish, than the most piercing screaming...Dead silence.Literally dead.","author":"Simona Panova","tags":["anguish","appalling","appealing","atmosphere","atmospheric","calm","calmness","dead","death","goth","gothic","gothic-romance","literal","literally","loud","mysterious","mystery","noise","noiseless","onimous","pain","painful","quiet","romance","romantic","serene","silence","silent","sinister","suspense","tranquil","unbroken","yell","young-adult"],"id":23410,"author_id":"Simona+Panova"},{"text":"Half of me is filled with bursting words and half of me is painfully shy. I crave solitude yet also crave people. I want to pour life and love into everything yet also nurture my self-care and go gently. I want to live within the rush of primal, intuitive decision, yet also wish to sit and contemplate. This is the messiness of life - that we all carry multitudes, so must sit with the shifts. We are complicated creatures, and ultimately, the balance comes from this understanding. Be water. Flowing, flexible and soft. Subtly powerful and open. Wild and serene. Able to accept all changes, yet still led by the pull of steady tides. It is enough.","author":"Victoria Erickson","tags":["balance","bursting","care","changes","complicated","creatures","flexible","flowing","humans","love","multitudes","open","powerful","pull","serene","shy","silent","solitude","steady","tides","water","waves","wild","words"],"id":74040,"author_id":"Victoria+Erickson"},{"text":"Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["calm","island","ocean","serene","stormy","wise-man","wise-man","words-of-wisdom"],"id":106745,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"Love happens sublimely, serenely and accidentally! It will happen when you least expect it to!","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["accidentally","life","love","meaning-of-life","passion","serene","sublime-love"],"id":107508,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"Always ask yourself: 'What will happen if I say nothing?","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["adage","always","aphorism","ask","calm","circumstance","everything","flow","forgive","give-in","happen","harmony","inspirational","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kind","kindness","kojouri","let-go","maxim","mind","mindful","mindfulness","moment","nothing","peace","present","quote","rights","say","serene","serenity","silence","silent","simple","speak","surrender","talk","think","think-before-you-act","thought","tranquility","truth","unity","zen"],"id":127730,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Kindness is strength. Good-nature is often mistaken for virtue, and good health sometimes passes for genius. Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, every one should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. Intelligence is not the foundation of arrogance. Insolence is not logic. Epithets are the arguments of malice.","author":"Robert G. Ingersoll","tags":["anger","arrogance","epithets","genius","good-nature","insolence","intelligence","kindness","logic","malice","serene","strength","virtue"],"id":143135,"author_id":"Robert+G.+Ingersoll"},{"text":"Let the night take you. Let the stars evaporate into your dreams. Let sleep be the only comfort for you to believe.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["believe","calm","comfort","content","dreams","escape","evaporate","let-go","night","peaceful","restful","secluded","serene","sleep","soothing","stars","still","sweep-away","take-you","tranquil","undisturbed","unworried"],"id":201087,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"True pillar of subtle light embrace humanity between dimensions, they are serene consciousness washing the pains of all soul's.","author":"Dave Zebian","tags":["consciousness","energy","light","serene","soul","spirituality","subtle"],"id":240008,"author_id":"Dave+Zebian"},{"text":"I love waking up with you, Sam. You feel so good. You smell so good and when I open my eyes and see you laying there so peaceful and serene, I can’t help myself. I’m usually able to look at you for a few minutes before my body decides it needs to be in you.","author":"P.J. Fiala","tags":["love","peaceful","romance","serene","wake"],"id":255760,"author_id":"P.J.+Fiala"},{"text":"Acceptance is an important part of serenity. It is not enough, however, simply to accept the things we cannot change. For me, serenity comes from not having any investment in the outcome. If I am genuinely serene, then it will not matter to me whether things change or stay the same. Either way, I choose to be happy.","author":"Victor Shamas","tags":["happiness","happiness","serene","serenity","serenity"],"id":346199,"author_id":"Victor+Shamas"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}