{"author":"Judy Blume","author_id":"Judy+Blume","total_quotes":35,"quotes":[{"text":"Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["girls","puberty"],"id":2098,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["friendship"],"id":32063,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"I loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["child","loved","think "],"id":32964,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"I think the child I was until 12 was so much more interesting than the teenager I became. As a teenager, you get wrapped up in your friends and sexual stuff, and the imaginative life you had, it just goes. And mine was so rich and fun. Fortunately, I was able to tap back into that later on [through my books] to save my life.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["books","childhood","imagination"],"id":35333,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"Snoring keeps the monsters away.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["humor","snoring"],"id":40247,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"Let children read whatever they want and then talk about it with them. If parents and kids can talk together, we won't have as much censorship because we won't have as much fear.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["books","censor","communication","freedom","philosophy"],"id":62209,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"My only advice is to stay aware  listen carefully and yell for help if you need it.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["helping","people"],"id":77024,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"We must, we must, we must increase our bust.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["funny","humor","mantra"],"id":87140,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["books","censorship"],"id":92855,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"},{"text":"I love to watch movies.","author":"Judy Blume","tags":["love","watch","i love "],"id":121496,"author_id":"Judy+Blume"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":35,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}