{"author":"A.B. Shepherd","author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd","total_quotes":19,"quotes":[{"text":"Sometimes careful just isn’t good enough.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["life-changing","life-lessons","life-philosophy"],"id":5195,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"...I’m tired of everyone looking at me with pity in their eyes. I’m tired of feeling like my heart is being ripped out of my chest every damned day. I’m tired of waking up in the morning, and then remembering...","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["death-of-a-loved-one","loss","loss-of-child","loss-of-love","loss"],"id":55538,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"I wanted to soothe and comfort her, the way she had comforted her daughters.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["comfort","mothers","mothers-love"],"id":74394,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"In a spirit of hope and new beginnings, we linked arms like a couple of kids. Pushing aside sad thoughts, we strode off into our future.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["hope","hopeful","new-beginnings"],"id":85724,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"Hesitating, I stood in the doorway to the room holding the proof of my sin.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["hesitation","regret","sin"],"id":90577,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"Things are not as they seem. You do not understand. There is no escape. This is all there is.” I had never seen eyes filled with so much sadness.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["confusion","despair","sadness"],"id":139010,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"Twenty years old and this man stood ready to take on the world, all for the sake of our unborn baby.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["life-and-living","life-changing","life-experience"],"id":140267,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"But who is ever fair in an argument?","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["humor","irony","life-lessons","life-philosophy","quirky"],"id":179293,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"I wiggled and squirmed in my seat as if I had ants in my pants, but in reality it was merely impatience.","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["anxiety","eagerness","impatience"],"id":188463,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"},{"text":"The poker fell from my trembling hands as my entire body shook with reaction. I fell to my knees, pressed my hands to my face and began to sob. What had I done?","author":"A.B. Shepherd","tags":["death","murder","regret","violence"],"id":209815,"author_id":"A.B.+Shepherd"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}