{"author":"Jessica Sorensen","author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen","total_quotes":34,"quotes":[{"text":"There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["life-and-living"],"id":2867,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"You really need stitches,' she tells me.'Or you're going to have a scar.' I try not to laugh. Stitches aren't going to help. They fix skin, cuts, wounds, heal stuff on the outside. Everything broken with me is on the inside. 'I can handle scars, especially one's on the outside.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["emotional-pain","help","kayden","pain","sad","scars","stitches"],"id":8253,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"You've always had a good grasp on what's right and wrong. You just have a hard time admitting that sometimes you choose the wrong.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["inspirational-attitude"],"id":29438,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"So I let my shame own me, kill me, wilt me away into a thousand dead flakes, knowing if I kept it all in, she would never have to learn the dirtiness that was forever inside me--the bad, the ugly, the twisted. She could go on living her life happy, just like she deserved.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["dirty","emotional pain","guilt","rape","raped","shame","silence","trauma"],"id":36301,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"Asher taps his fingers on his lips and I catch Amy licking her own as she eyes his mouth. 'What exactly are Rocky Mountain Oysters?' he asks her.I restrain a laugh as Amy's face twists in confusion.'Well...I think they're kind of meat. I'm not sure what kind, but I like them.' She presses the end of the pen against her chin.I shake my head at Asher. 'You don't want those. Trust me.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["asher","humorous"],"id":38270,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"You’re fucking special and if I want to act all possessive over you when some stupid art guy hits on you right in front of me, I’m going to. Either that or I’m going to have Ethan chase him down right now so I can punch him in the face.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["jealousy","love","possesiveness"],"id":100021,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"But no matter what happens, I spoke up, made a voice for myself, freed from the haunting memories that have owned me for the last six years. I found my courage.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["bravery","callie","callie-and-kayden","courage","fearless","freedom","inspirational","new-adult-contemporary-romance","speaking-out"],"id":113054,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"Life has been full of evil, and if you don't start asking the right questions, the evil is going to be the end of you.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["evil","jessica-sorensen","life","questions"],"id":138253,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"Why do I always have so many fucking questions in my head?","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["questions","thinking","thoughts"],"id":149009,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"},{"text":"I shrug and shuffle my toe across the carpet in front of me, feeling silly. 'So? It's a compliment being like you.'  All the humor evaporates from his face and his honey-brown eyes. Within seconds he has me in his arms and he hugs me like I'm the most important thing in the world to him. 'Don't ever change, Callie Lawrence,' he whispers in my hair. 'Promise me you won't.","author":"Jessica Sorensen","tags":["callie-and-seth","compliments","friendship","important","new-adult"],"id":149085,"author_id":"Jessica+Sorensen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":34,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}