{"author":"Rachel Higginson","author_id":"Rachel+Higginson","total_quotes":24,"quotes":[{"text":"Our relationship was toxic. He was slowly poisoning me. I was slowly poisoning him.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["break-up","breaks-up","breakups","love","marriage","poison","relationships","separated"],"id":27785,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"I've got everything I need right here.' That sentimental thought met a room full of cheesy and sarcastic 'aw's' and an empty water bottle thrown at my head. No, stop guys, really. You're embarrassing me.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["friendship","funny","reagan","romance","zombies"],"id":63638,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"Aunt Syl must have conveniently stopped reading the childhood fairy tales when the knight left the damsel in distress to pursue a better damsel out of my bedtime routine.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["fairytales","heartbroken","lonely"],"id":68279,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"I'm not blaming you,' he stated firmly. 'I'm just trying to think. God, Kate, there are times when I think you hate me. When I think you would do anything to get rid of me. And then... Then there's last night. And all of the other times like it. I have never been more alive than when I'm with you.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["break-up","breaks-up","love-hurts","marriage","relationships","romance"],"id":89862,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"I think you forget that I'm still alive. It's like you don't expect me to keep on existing now that I'm not in your life every day.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["break-up","breaking-up","breakups","love","love-hurts","marriage"],"id":103954,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"I believed I would never trust another person for as long as I lived. Yet, I couldn't help but trust him; the decision was made before I even realized what was happening. He forced my soul back into innocent belief, not by empty words or false promises but by consistent action that never failed. He was safe.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["consistency","pranormal-romance","trust"],"id":116200,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"A tear slipped from eye, as I stood helpless beside Kiran. “They have done nothing wrong, except fight for the freedom you have stolen from them, from all of us!” I shouted back, unable to stay silent when my friends stood at his mercy.“I give you freedom, the freedom to live your life as you please,” Lucan challenged, tilting his chin with pride and sincerity. “I ask nothing of you, except for your loyalty. I am the king, it is the least of what I deserve,” Lucan turned to address the kingdom, his argument ringing through the air.“Then why is it only your bloodline that is allowed immortality?” I argued, taking a step forward. “Why do the rest of our people suffer from the separation of races? Why are the Shape-shifters exiled by penalty of death? What have they done? What is their crime? Are you afraid to share true immortality? Are you so scared of a people that realize they don’t need a king?” I turned to face the crowd too, hoping to empower them with my words.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["empowerment","fight","freedom","oppression"],"id":126719,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"If there were only success in your life, you would not learn anything. Leadership is experience and you are still young. You still have much to learn about our people and war; it should not come easy to you. If it did, you would be robbed of life's most valuable teacher.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["eden","gabriel","leadership"],"id":148907,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"We might be different people now. But he still knew me better than anyone else.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["breakup","divorce","love-hurts","marriage","relationship","romance","sad-romance"],"id":170457,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"},{"text":"We're a mess, Kate.","author":"Rachel Higginson","tags":["break-up","breaks-up","divorce","love-hurts","marriage","relationships","romance"],"id":172903,"author_id":"Rachel+Higginson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}