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You can either not live in New York or not live anyplace else. One is either a lover or hater.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":29,"quote_text":30,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":31,"source":32,"quote_tag":33,"commentary":9},2914037,"To continue what one had been doing – which was Dante’s idea of hell – is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one’s sixties.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":35,"quote_text":36,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":37,"source":38,"quote_tag":39,"commentary":9},2914035,"The journey is over. Love to all.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":41,"quote_text":42,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":43,"source":44,"quote_tag":45,"commentary":9},2914032,"Odd, the years it took to learn one simple fact: that the prize just ahead, the next job, publication, love affair, marriage always seemed to hold the key to satisfaction but never, in the longer run, sufficed.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":47,"quote_text":48,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":49,"source":50,"quote_tag":51,"commentary":9},2914030,"Upon becoming fifty the one thing you can’t afford is habit.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":53,"quote_text":54,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":55,"source":56,"quote_tag":57,"commentary":9},2914028,"We women have lived too much with closure: “If he notices me, if I marry him, if I get into college, if I get this work accepted, if I get this job” – there always seems to loom the possibility of something being over, settled, sweeping clear the way for contentment. This is the delusion of a passive life. When the hope for closure is abandoned, when there is an end to fantasy, adventure for women will begin.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":59,"quote_text":60,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":61,"source":62,"quote_tag":63,"commentary":9},2914027,"I don’t know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that’s much better.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":65,"quote_text":66,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":67,"source":68,"quote_tag":69,"commentary":9},2914025,"Life has this in common with prizefighting: if you’ve received a belly blow, it’s likely to be followed by a right to the jaw.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":71,"quote_text":72,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":73,"source":74,"quote_tag":75,"commentary":76},2914022,"A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nCarolyn G. Heilbrun, a renowned American novelist and scholar, penned this witty remark. As an academic and writer, she was well-acquainted with the allure and pitfalls of bookstores. This quote likely originated from one of her essays or lectures on literary culture.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nHeilbrun's phrase highlights a profound paradox: our affinity for books can be both a source of inspiration and a hindrance to creative work. The \"literary academic\" is caught in a cycle of perpetual desire, unable to resist the temptation of new texts, which in turn fuels an endless pursuit of knowledge that may never lead to actual creation.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider implementing a \"bookstore moratorium,\" setting aside specific times or places for engagement with new literature, allowing yourself to focus on your own projects and avoid the constant distraction of discovery. By doing so, you can harness the energy of curiosity without becoming mired in perpetual research.",{"currentPage":78,"totalPages":17,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":79},1,10]