{"quotes":[{"text":"In your life, right here and now, things like mermaids, fairies, witches and monsters are nothing but fairytales told to your grandchildren and stories you heard from your own grandparents as children. They exist only in your imagination. Did you ever think that there is a chance all this was once real, that it all existed? Perhaps yes, but you would then consider such thoughts irrational, that even if you were to believe it and try telling someone they would think you for mad. In my world those creatures are real – I’m real, and I am here to tell you of a story that happened in eons past in the majestic island of Aster.' - Queen of Merfolk Asteria - Ninemia.","author":"Marilena Mexi","tags":["fantasy","mermaids","siren"],"id":11033,"author_id":"Marilena+Mexi"},{"text":"Wait—what?” He’d said the last statement so casually, I almost didn’t grasp its significance. “There are merrow who want to destroy the human race?” I pictured a hundred thousand Sebastians, capable of punching through picnic tables and moving faster than we could even see them. It would be a slaughter. A mermaid apocalypse. I almost laughed at the thought, but the impulse died in my throat. I felt sick. I couldn’t believe I’d wanted to kiss him just a few moments ago.","author":"D.S. Murphy","tags":["mermaid","paranormal-romance","siren"],"id":21831,"author_id":"D.S.+Murphy"},{"text":"Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown.","author":"Dejan Stojanovic","tags":["courage","dejan-stojanovic","literature","literature","poetry","poetry","quotes","to-live-by","siren","song","strength","thoughts","travel","unknown","wisdom"],"id":84802,"author_id":"Dejan+Stojanovic"},{"text":"If you swim effortlessly in the deep oceans, ride the waves to and from the shore, if you can breathe under water and dine on the deep treasures of the seas; mark my words, those who dwell on the rocks carrying nets will try to reel you into their catch. The last thing they want is for you to thrive in your habitat because they stand in their atmosphere where they beg and gasp for some air.","author":"C. JoyBell C.","tags":["advice","envy","inspirational","jealousy","mermaid","self-awareness","self-knowledge","siren","the-nature-of-envy","warnings","wisdom"],"id":111738,"author_id":"C.+JoyBell+C."},{"text":"He pictured himself at the lake, on a houseboat. Dekka would be there, and Brianna and Jack. He would have friends. He wouldn’t be alone.But he couldn’t stop himself from looking for her.She no longer had Little Pete to worry about. They could be together without all of that. But of course he knew Astrid, and knew that right now, wherever she was, she was eaten up inside with guilt.“She’s not coming, is she?” Sam said to Dekka.But Dekka didn’t answer. She was somewhere else in her head. Sam saw her glance and look away as Brianna laid a light hand on Jack’s shoulder.Dahra was staying in the hospital, but a few more kids came. Groups of three or four at a time. The Siren and the kids she lived with came. John Terrafino came. Ellen. He waited. He would wait the full two hours. Not for her, he told himself, just to keep his word.Then Orc, with Howard.Sam groaned inwardly.“You gotta be kidding me,” Brianna said.“The deal was kids make a choice,” Sam said. “I think Howard just realized how dangerous life can be for a criminal living in a place where the ‘king’ can decide life or death.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["astrid-ellison","breeze","brianna","came","charles-merriman","choice","coming","dahra-baidoo","dekka","ellen","friends","howard-bassem","jack","john-terrafino","kids","lake","little-pete","orc","peter-ellison","sam-temple","siren"],"id":112107,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always a siren. It may be with us all our lives, or it may be many years or decades before we find it or it finds us. But when it does find us, if we're lucky we're Odysseus tied up to the ship's mast, hearing the song with perfect clarity, but ferried to safety by a crew whose ears have been plugged with beeswax. If we're not at all lucky, we're another sort of sailor stepping off the deck to drown in the sea.","author":"Caitlín R. Kiernan","tags":["drown","drowning","haunting","insanity","luck","madness","odysseus","safety","sailor","ship","shipwreck","siren","song"],"id":115278,"author_id":"Caitl%C3%ADn+R.+Kiernan"},{"text":"They are from another world, another way of life that somehow has merged with our own. These worlds are kept separate for the safety of everyone. ' 'And yet, I connect them.' 'You do.","author":"Meredith T. Taylor","tags":["conflict","connections-connect","mermaids","siren","supernatural","supernatural-powers","supernatural-romance","supernatural-thrillers","suspense","suspense-romance"],"id":132064,"author_id":"Meredith+T.+Taylor"},{"text":"Wanting to cry doesn't mean you can.","author":"Kiera Cass","tags":["cry","kiera-cass","sadness","siren"],"id":133597,"author_id":"Kiera+Cass"},{"text":"Stay away from the underground lake I implore,The Siren will see you are heard of no more.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["daroga","fifth-cellar","lake","opera-ghost","opera-house","phantom","phantom-of-the-opera","poem","poetry","poetry","siren","the-persian","underground-lake"],"id":158401,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Three guys and a girl were leaning against a black raised pickup ... I had to do a double take as this group was nothing like I had ever seen before.","author":"Meredith T. Taylor","tags":["mystery","romance-novels-beaches","siren","sirens"],"id":166517,"author_id":"Meredith+T.+Taylor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}