{"quotes":[{"text":"Pay to go inside Neruda's homeA body lies there with no dome.But right there in the front hallLean a fairy against the icy wall.Oh Endless enigmas had the bard!Nice and large and calm backyardEnds In the middle of a rare roomRare portrait of revelishing gloom.Up climbing at the weird snail stairDoes make you grasp for some air.And there's a room with bric-a-brac:Old and precious books all in a pack.Dare saying what I liked most of all?Enjoyed seeing visitors having a ball!","author":"Ana Claudia Antunes","tags":["acrosti","ancient","art","art-collection","art-collector","bard","guests","house","la-chascona","love","lyrics","museum","neruda","odd","ode","old","old-piece","pablo-neruda","pablo-neruda-ode","pablo-neruda-poetry-populism","people","poem","poet","poetry","preciosity","precious","precious-things","rare","rarity","rhymed","rhymes","tour","tourism","visit","visiting","visitors","walls","women"],"id":20536,"author_id":"Ana+Claudia+Antunes"},{"text":"The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.","author":"Ralph Waldo Emerson","tags":["decoration","friends","home","homemaking","house","visitors"],"id":54975,"author_id":"Ralph+Waldo+Emerson"},{"text":"Wherever you visit, let the place you visit remembers you well!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["ildan-wisdom","ildan-wise-sayings","ildan-words","mehmet-murat-ildan","mehmet-murat-ildan","remember","remember","remember","remembered","remembering","turkish-aphorisms","turkish-","turkish-literature","turkish-playwrights","turkish","turkish","turkish-sayings","turkish-thinkers","turkish-wisdom-words","turkish-writers","visit","visit","visit","visitors"],"id":84418,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!' said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character. 'And if you continue in this vein, I'm afraid we'll be compelled to cut our visit short. Surely there are other establishments that would host an entire troup of guests - indefinitely and without reward - and not feel obliged to apologize for it!","author":"Trenton Lee Stewart","tags":["funny","guests","host","sarcasm","visitors"],"id":113668,"author_id":"Trenton+Lee+Stewart"},{"text":"Announcing the intended arrival of some people is kind of like issuing a hurricane warning.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["bad-company","company","guests","hurricane","relatives","richelle","richelle-e-goodrich","richelle-goodrich","tornado","unwanted-company","visitors"],"id":162815,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"},{"text":"It had the tangled floor plan common to all hospitals, seemingly designed by someone who believed in the healing power of watching confused visitors aimlessly wander around hallways.","author":"David Wong","tags":["aimless","aimless-wandering","confused","confusion","floor-plan","healing","hospitals","visitors","wandering","wandering-aimlessly"],"id":190373,"author_id":"David+Wong"},{"text":"Visits always give pleasure--if not the arrival, the departure.","author":"Portuguese Proverb","tags":["guests","pleasure","visitors"],"id":255537,"author_id":"Portuguese+Proverb"},{"text":"And what is your name?' Caroline asked him.  He smiled up at her, a little impishly. 'I guess Bianca's name for me will work. Call me Bear.'  'Bear?' Caroline repeated, doubtfully.  'I think it would be best right now,' he said simply. 'For all of us.'  'You aren't running from anything?' she asked directly.  'No, I guess you could say something is running from me. The law would be on my side, ma'am, if I could get them involved. For now, I'm doing all I can.","author":"Sarah Brazytis","tags":["aliases","bear","christmas","christmas-bear","christmas-story","disguise","disguises","hospitality","law","visitors","widow","winter"],"id":285636,"author_id":"Sarah+Brazytis"},{"text":"Keeping the door that leads to your heart ajar is destructive as univited guests would move in and trample on your feelings, leaving you in great pains, but closing it always is a sure way to spot out the destructive and innovative guests.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["ajar","destruction","discrimination","door","emotions","fake-friends","falsehood","food-for-thought","friendship","friendships","guest","guests","hard-hearted","heart","heart-to-heart","innovation","invitation","michael-bassey-johnson","pain","people","personality","recognition","spotting-out","test","true-friends","visitor","visitors"],"id":327411,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Thanks to photography, some memories overstay their welcome.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aphorism","aphorisms","forget","funny","hospitality","humor","humour","memories","memory","overstay","photographs","photography","photography","satire","visit","visitor","visitors","welcome"],"id":401711,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}