{"quotes":[{"text":"Simple spells were light and fun, like a good joke. This spell was as simple as a symphony and as splendid. After adding the last runes, I swirled power through the old spells ensuring they merged with the new spells. The entire castle of spells flexed with the added power, my sign to retreat and hope it worked. Watching the spells bend and move was captivating. One moment they were crawling over each other looking for structure and the next they'd formed a fortress of magic seeking targets, calling them home....'Jones?'Right behind you.' He walked around to my left. 'How'd it go?'Good. Really good.'I can tell. You're glowing.'I thought he was joking until I glanced at my hand. I had to look like a giant firefly. 'Narselfart!' He laughed. 'Don't worry about it. It's kinda' cute. Besides, those boys' - he jerked his head to indicate the younger cops - 'aren't ever going to forget this power show.","author":"N. E. Conneely","tags":["brownies","dwarves","elves","mystery","spells","suspense","trolls","unicorns","witches"],"id":2691,"author_id":"N.+E.+Conneely"},{"text":"Hurry up, Hodgeyboy! You run like a fat badger after Sunday tea.' Mibbitwiss.","author":"Kathy Cyr","tags":["adventure","book-series","children","dragon","fantasy","kathy-cyr","magic","max-hamby","middle-grade-fantasy-dwarf","spriggan","trith","trolls","witches","wizards"],"id":3113,"author_id":"Kathy+Cyr"},{"text":"Trolls have existed on this planet for as long as humans. This is what I was told and what I translated to Tub. The first mention of them in recorded history is from ninth-century Norway, when the nefarious creatures began showing up in song, verse, and bedtime stories to keep misbehaving children in line. According to Norse folklore, trolls are one of the Dark Beings, the purest embodiments of evil, and they scurried from between the toes of Ymir, the mythic six-headed Frost Giant whose murdered body became the universe in which we live; his bones became the mountains, his teeth boulders, and so forth.","author":"Guillermo del Toro","tags":["horror","middle-grade-fantasy","trolls"],"id":16371,"author_id":"Guillermo+del+Toro"},{"text":"The internet has become a carefully controlled and heavily monitored illusion. It has turned into both a circus and battleground. Popularity is rigged and can be bought. Censorship is in full effect. Popular opinion is fabricated, and the perception of a viewpoint's popularity is typically orchestrated and manipulated by legions of paid trolls. If you want to know the truth about somebody's true popularity and influence, look to the streets. If you want to know if a person is really guilty or innocent, study the facts yourself. Never judge anybody based on what you see or read on the internet. Information can easily be manipulated by the push of a few buttons.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["battleground","biase","biased","buttons","censor","censorship","circus","control","controlled","corruption","democracy","fake","government","government-corruption","guilty","illusion","influence","influential","innocent","internet","judge","judgment","manipulate","manipulated","net","orchestrate","perceive","perception","popular","popular-opinion","popularity","public-opinion","regulated","regulation","silence","skewed","slanted","trolls","viewpoint","war","web"],"id":22199,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"It was meant to be, two trolls living in a tree.","author":"KayeC Jones","tags":["children-s-books","fantasy","homelessness","inspirational","trolls","wandering"],"id":37652,"author_id":"KayeC+Jones"},{"text":"You’re such a little moron, aren’t you? They will hunt you down to the ends of the earth. It’s nothing personal, just business. It’s all about survival, dear boy.' Drusilla Blackwood.","author":"Kathy Cyr","tags":["adventure","book-series","children","dragon","fantasy","kathy-cyr","magic","max-hamby","middle-grade-fantasy-dwarf","spriggan","trith","trolls","witches","wizards"],"id":53132,"author_id":"Kathy+Cyr"},{"text":"And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies come from those who either cannot understand what is said to them, or are so stubborn and contentious that they refuse to give in even if they do understand.","author":"Augustine of Hippo","tags":["discussion","replies","stubbornness","trolls","understanding"],"id":53972,"author_id":"Augustine+of+Hippo"},{"text":"Well, it's nice to know that the Trolls made it this far south,' Ulath said. 'I'd hate to have to go looking for them.''Their Gods were guiding them, Ulath,' Tynian pointed out.'You've never talked with the Troll-Gods, I see,' Ulath laughed. 'Their sense of direction is a little vague - probably because their compass only has two directions on it.''Oh?''North and not-north. It makes finding places a little difficult.","author":"David Eddings","tags":["compass","direction","gods","humor","trolls"],"id":61436,"author_id":"David+Eddings"},{"text":"Max, you cannot stay in the background forever. It is time to stand out in front. You have all that you need.” Analea.","author":"Kathy Cyr","tags":["adventure","book-series","children","dragon","fantasy","kathy-cyr","magic","max-hamby","middle-grade-fantasy-dwarf","spriggan","trith","trolls","witches","wizards"],"id":82963,"author_id":"Kathy+Cyr"},{"text":"And in a nasty war, where's the best place to be? Apart from on the moon, o' course? No one?'Slowly, Jade raised a hand.'Go on, then,' said the sergeant.'In the army, sarge,' said the troll. ''cos...' She began to count on her fingers. 'One, you got weapons an' armour an' dat. Two, you are surrounded by other armed men. Er... Many, youse gettin' paid and gettin' better grub than the people in Civilian Street. Er... Lots, if'n you gives up, you getting taken pris'ner and dere's rules about that like Not Kicking Pris'ners Inna Head and stuff, 'cos if you kick their pris'ners inna head they'll kick your pris'ners inna head so dat's, like, you're kickin' your own head, but dere's no rule say you can't kick enemy civilians inna head. There's other stuff too, but I ran outa numbers.","author":"Terry Pratchett","tags":["army","prisoners","prisoners-of-war","trolls","war"],"id":119203,"author_id":"Terry+Pratchett"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":42,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}