{"id":1442560,"date":"2021-02-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1442560"},"modified":"2021-02-05T16:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T21:40:48","slug":"if-candy-hearts-used-literary-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/if-candy-hearts-used-literary-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"If Candy Hearts Used Literary Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/21120litcandyMAIN22_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you think of anything more romantic than receiving a box of candy hearts that taste like chalk and say things like \u201cBE MINE\u201d or \u201cI HEART YOU\u201d or \u201cYOU ROCK\u201d? I sure can&#8217;t!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, maybe I can. Just one, though: books. Books are definitively and objectively the be-all, end-all in romance. Reading them in coffee shops! Reading them near a windowsill on a rainy day! Reading them on public transportation and catching the eye of a handsome stranger who just so happens to be reading the same book! Can you stand it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if we were to take some of literature&#8217;s most celebrated quotes and stick \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcem on candy hearts? Now there&#8217;s a plan that can&#8217;t go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you think of anything more romantic than receiving a box of candy hearts that taste like chalk and say things like \u201cBE MINE\u201d or \u201cI HEART YOU\u201d or \u201cYOU ROCK\u201d? I sure can&#8217;t! Well,   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[25212,628,25017,141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442560"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442560"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446394,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442560\/revisions\/1446394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}