{"author":"Kasie West","author_id":"Kasie+West","total_quotes":37,"quotes":[{"text":"I turn my head so that he doesn't see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["contemporary-romance","humor","love","ya"],"id":79,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"It was hard to remember what I'd been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn't accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable in my own skin. I hoped I could do that moving forward.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["anxiety","by-your-side","contemporary","kasie-west","mental-health-awareness","self-acceptance","self-love"],"id":9457,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"You need to empty your mind, and relax each other muscle group until you feel like you are going to melt into the floor. Then you just let it all go. All the expectations, all the unneeded worry, all the things other people want for you but you don't want for yourself.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["kasie-west","mind","relaxing-the-mind"],"id":29405,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Because an illusion is an illusion. Reality always exists despite the facade.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["illusion","reality"],"id":39076,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Growing up, I never felt deprived. I was always happy. It seems only lately I've started seeing everything I didn't have.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["coming-of-age","growing-up","happiness","life","poor","the-distance-between-us","wealth"],"id":55871,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Even though I knew this might end in heartbreak, that he might make my life scary and complicated and unpredictable, I knew I couldn't let him walk away. Because I knew he'd also make my life happy and comforting and full.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["autumn","by-your-side","contemporary","dax","happiness","heartbreak","kasie-west","love"],"id":94677,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Why are you lying to me? I'm so tired of people lying to me. Do I not deserve the truth? Do I look like someone who can't handle it?","author":"Kasie West","tags":["lying","people","truth"],"id":107618,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"I can pay you.'He raised his eyebrows. 'I'm sure there are services for that.Maybe you can try calling 1-800-HOOKERS or something?'You know the number well?","author":"Kasie West","tags":["banter","funny","love"],"id":109298,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Note to self: Caymen is very good at sarcasm.”“If you’re recording notes for an official record, I’d like the word ‘very’ stricken and replaced with ‘exceptionally.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["sarcasm"],"id":117211,"author_id":"Kasie+West"},{"text":"Look at me, making one of your dreams come true. You and your Norm truck driving around Normville.'You're practically a god.","author":"Kasie West","tags":["dream","god","true"],"id":117535,"author_id":"Kasie+West"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}