{"author":"Ann Patchett","author_id":"Ann+Patchett","total_quotes":74,"quotes":[{"text":"But it is never about who has given what. That is not the way of gifts. This is not a business we are conducting.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["gifts"],"id":6164,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"Always remember, any book you haven’t read is still a new book.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["reading"],"id":7597,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"Some children were lucky enough to have their Potter novels banned by witch-hunting school boards and micromanaging ministers. Is there any greater job than a book you're not allowed to read, a book you could go to hell for reading?","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["banned-books","reading"],"id":11209,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappoint them, or if they do, the owners manage to forget about it quickly. I want to learn to love people like this, the way I love my dog, with pride and enthusiasm and a complete amnesia for faults. In short, to love others the way my dog loves me.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["dogs","forgiveness","love"],"id":16023,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["friendship","imagination","tea","writing"],"id":24315,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"Sleep was a country for which he could not obtain a visa.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["sleep"],"id":28116,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"Running, the music flew into him, became the wind that pushed back his hair and the slap of his own feet on the pavement.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["music","running"],"id":31101,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"It's easier to love a woman when you can't understand a word she's saying.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["love","women"],"id":48677,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"If Kumar had his way they would leave for Fiji every year just before Thanksgiving and not return until the New Year rang in and the decorations came down. They would swim with the fishes and lie on the beach eating papaya. On the years they were tired of Fiji they would go to Bali or Sydney or any sunny, sandy place whose name contained an equal number of consonants and vowels.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["beach","holidays","travel"],"id":51388,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"},{"text":"I wanted two girls,' she said. 'You and your sister. I wanted exactly what I had. Other people's children are too hard.","author":"Ann Patchett","tags":["divorce","parenting"],"id":58676,"author_id":"Ann+Patchett"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}