{"quotes":[{"text":"I tried to hold fire once...See from a distance it mesmerized me captivated me for hours at a timeThe more it danced with the wind, I felt my body sway to its rhythm I tried to hold fire onceIt's glow drew me in closerAnd although I know full well the damage that fire can do...Staring directly at it, I know it's beauty tooIt's warmth was now on my face and I couldn't imagine being in any other placeI reached out with my bare hands \u0026 it danced even moreAnd suddenly I felt it's heat deep within my coreRising like a volcano ready to eruptBut somehow balanced \u0026 purposefulI tried to hold fire once until I realized that fire held me Passionately and I was it's guiding force. If you look close enough, you'll see it dancing in my eyes, feel it in my touch, even hear it in my voice...But don't ever forget that fire consumes and cannot be contained so I must master my energetic output to control the flames.","author":"Sanjo Jendayi","tags":["encouraging","energy","fire","flames","heat","life","love","sanjo-jendayi","touch"],"id":1623,"author_id":"Sanjo+Jendayi"},{"text":"How could it be possible that there were that many nerve endings all in one place?","author":"Rainbow Rowell","tags":["feelings","touch"],"id":5437,"author_id":"Rainbow+Rowell"},{"text":"A touch may not always be a love but love is always a touch!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["love","love","love-and-sayings","murat-ildan-words","touch","touch"],"id":6079,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"A touch may not always be a love but love is always a touch!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["love","love","love-and-sayings","murat-ildan-words","touch","touch"],"id":6079,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"...Dark embers smolder inside me - one touch and they flare - who would have thought memory combustible, or near you bright sparks appear?...","author":"John Geddes","tags":["love","memory","sparks","touch"],"id":10498,"author_id":"John+Geddes"},{"text":"They run, they touch, they learn, they play, They listen, they work hard at growing all day.","author":"Christina Engela","tags":["day","growing","learn","listen","play","run","touch","work-hard"],"id":14918,"author_id":"Christina+Engela"},{"text":"That’s the way Chris lives, warning everyone who gets close of the lightning that may strike. Never touch anything, never make a mark. But Anatole can’t live that way. The world’s too lonely a place: he has to touch things, he has to put his arms around them.","author":"Paul Russell","tags":["arms","lives","lonely","mark","touch"],"id":16709,"author_id":"Paul+Russell"},{"text":"For a moment we are weightless, eyes open and locked underwater, flowers drawn down with us, swirling around us in a current of white bubbles. My hair floats around us both like black silk. His hands are still around my waist, mine pressed against his bare chest. My lamp drifts between us.Aladdin plants his feet against the bottom of the pool and kicks off, pushing us upward to burst through the surface. He gasps in air and shakes the wet hair from his eyes. Without pulling away, we float in silence, and I cannot take my gaze from him. Water runs down his cheeks and lips, dripping from his jaw. A lock of his hair is stuck to his forehead, and I gently lift it away, curling it around my finger before letting it go.“What are we doing?” he whispers, pulling me closer.I cannot reply. I don’t trust my own voice. He brings his forehead down to rest against mine, and everything outside this pool and this moment ceases to exist. All that matters is the gentle sound of our breathing, our reflections on the water, the feel of his hands around me.","author":"Jessica Khoury","tags":["aladdin","intimate","touch","water","zahra"],"id":17261,"author_id":"Jessica+Khoury"},{"text":"Our talents are living things, we give birth to them, nourish them till they grow and become immortal.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["artistry","birth","brain-power","brilliance","eternity","flair","forever","genius","growth","immortal","immortality","infinite","infinity","knack","legacy","living-things","nourishment","nurture","nurturing","subtle","talent","talents","touch","wisdom","wit"],"id":18123,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"I write these words to touch you,My love, In places my hands can only dream of.","author":"Jenim Dibie","tags":["dream","jenim-dibie","life","love","poetry","touch","words","write","writes","writing","written"],"id":19044,"author_id":"Jenim+Dibie"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":238,"pages":24,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}