{"quotes":[{"text":"He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.","author":"Nina LaCour","tags":["best-friend","crying","daughter","death","depression","face","father","father-daughter-relationship","friend","grief","hands","love","sadness","snot","suicide","tears","upset"],"id":17019,"author_id":"Nina+LaCour"},{"text":"This fits in with what I saw in staff in astronomical facilities and was reporting to the management team: 10-14% Oxygen: Emotional upset, abnormal fatigue, disturbed respiration.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["abnormal","astrobiology","astronomer","astronomical","astronomy","astrophysics","astrosociobiology","disturbed","emotional","facilities","fatigue","fits","management","osha","oxygen","reporting","respiration","saw","staff","team","upset"],"id":23964,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"Sherrie would be there, and the last time I’d seen her at a social event she burst into tears when she saw me and ran out of the room. You’re upset, I’d yelled after her, meanly.","author":"Aimee Bender","tags":["food","magic-power","snark","upset"],"id":27852,"author_id":"Aimee+Bender"},{"text":"Why must we be so restricted by language, these ruined tongues! These twenty-six letters- how can that explain this agony? How could we ever endeavor to prove what we are here for- through such combinations? Death is just a word someone invented for what happens at the end of a person’s life. It’s only a word: if there was no word for it we wouldn’t be so worried!","author":"Annie Fisher","tags":["death","language","upset","words"],"id":48774,"author_id":"Annie+Fisher"},{"text":"Anna and Emma just poofed.”“What?”“I was standing there. I was watching them. I was holding Anna’s hand when it happened.”Astrid rose and without really thinking about it wrapped her arms around Sam like she did when she was trying to comfort Little Pete.But unlike Little Pete, Sam responded to her touch by awkwardly hugging her back. For a moment his face was in her hair and she heard his ragged breathing close to her ear. And it seemed like they might do it again, the kissing thing, but then, both at once, they pushed away.“She was scared,” Sam said. “Anna, I mean. She saw Emma disappear. They were born just six minutes apart. So, first Emma. Then Anna, waiting for it. Knowing it was coming.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["anna","astrid","comfort","disappeared","emma","knowing","poofed","sam-temple","scared","upset","waiting"],"id":49714,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"No, enjoy it while you can.” Esther said as she walked out alone.","author":"Barry Gray","tags":["lonely","upset"],"id":54569,"author_id":"Barry+Gray"},{"text":"The apex of mathematical achievement occurs when two or more fields which were thought to be entirely unrelated turn out to be closely intertwined. Mathematicians have never decided whether they should feel excited or upset by such events.","author":"Gian-Carlo Rota","tags":["achievement","apex","excitement","funny","humor","joke","math","mathematical","mathematicians","mathematics","science","upset"],"id":83606,"author_id":"Gian-Carlo+Rota"},{"text":"Sam, I know you’re upset over what happened with you and Drake,” Astrid began.“Upset?” Sam echoed the word with an ironic smirk.“But that’s no excuse for you keeping secrets from us.”“Yeah,” Howard said, “Don’t you know only Astrid is allowed to keep secrets?”“Shut up, Howard,” Astrid snapped.“Yeah, we get to lie because we’re the smart ones,” Howard said. “Not like all those idiots out there.”Astrid turned her attention back to Sam. “This is not okay, Sam. The council has the responsibility. Not you alone.”Sam looked like he could not care less about what she was saying. He looked almost beyond reach, indifferent to what was going on around him.“Hey,” Astrid said. “We’re talking to you.”That did it. His jaw clenched. His head snapped up. His eyes blazed. “Don’t push me. That wasn’t you with your skin whipped off and covered in blood. That was me. That was me who went down into that mine shaft to try to fight the gaiaphage.”Astrid blinked. “No one is minimizing what you’ve done, Sam. You’re a hero. But at the same time—”Sam was on his feet. “At the same time? At the same time you were here in town. Edilio had a bullet in his chest. Dekka was torn to pieces. I was trying not to scream from the…You and Albert and Howard, you weren’t there, were you?”“I was busy standing up to Zil, trying to save Hunter’s life,” Astrid yelled.“But it wasn’t you and your big words, was it? It was Orc who stopped Zil. And he was there because I sent him to rescue you. Me!” He stabbed a finger at his own chest, actually making what looked like painful impact. “Me! Me and Brianna and Dekka and Edilio! And poor Duck.","author":"Michael Grant","tags":["albert","astrid-ellison","brianna","coucil","dekka","die","duck","edilio","hero","howard-bassem","hunter-lefkowitz","hurt","lie","meeting","minimize","push","sam-temple","saving","secrets","upset","zil-sperry"],"id":90116,"author_id":"Michael+Grant"},{"text":"If you are not angry with your average performance, you can't effect a change! You must get upset to grab the energy to break the fence confining you!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["angry","average","break","break-away-from-the-comfort-zone","break-the-fence","change","comfort-zone","confine","effect","energy","excel","excellence","extra-mile","food-for-thought","go-extra-mile","grab","israelmore-ayivor","make-a-change","mediocrity","perform","performance","upset"],"id":108294,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Some of the people we feel sorry for feel sorry for us for thinking that they are the ones who should be felt sorry for.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["compassionate","concerned","consoling","despondent","disheartened","distressed","downcast","downhearted","empathetic","feel","full-of-pity","grief-stricken","heartbroken","humor","humour","impression","inconsolable","moved","people","sad","satire","sorrowful","sorry","sympathetic","unhappy","unsympathetic","upset"],"id":109503,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":48,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}
