[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$foSsBRA7qR1IzvgfmsyuvlttcIQrGWG_xf1DyoUHkBSM":3,"$fpi4vSdIivvw-wI1o16U432wuDceYTZeO3AsnYHF0XY0":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},2192,"Francis Spufford","F",54,null,"francis-spufford",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":78},[14,22,29,36,42,48,54,60,66,72],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3668008,"Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue. Yet emotions are also our indispensable tool for navigating, for feeling our way through, the much larger domain of stuff that isn't susceptible to proof or disproof, that isn't checkable against the physical universe.",7,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":23,"quote_text":24,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3029372,"No, no, not in the law, it ain’t. Not in the end, I mean. When a man is dead, sense must be made of it; and it might as well be sense as serves the living, for it won’t serve the dead, nohow.",6,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":30,"quote_text":31,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":35},3029370,"Some people ask nowadays what kind of a religion it is that chooses an instrument of torture for its symbol, as if the cross on churches must represent some kind of endorsement. The answer is: one that takes the existence of suffering seriously.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nFrancis Spufford, the British novelist and essayist, penned this quote in his book \"Unapologetic: A Memoir of a Woman Who Decided to Love Religion\" (2012). At the time of writing, Spufford was reflecting on the nature of Christianity and its symbolism, particularly the cross, which has been misunderstood as an endorsement of suffering. This passage suggests that Spufford was grappling with the complexities of faith and its relationship to human experience.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nThe quote reveals a profound paradox: the acknowledgment of suffering is not a celebration or trivialization of it but rather a recognition of its inherent value in the human condition. By embracing the existence of suffering, the author is not glorifying it but rather situating it within a broader framework of existence, one that acknowledges the complexity and depth of human experience.\n\n**How to Use This**\nIn today's fast-paced, often superficial world, we can apply this mindset by acknowledging and confronting our own suffering, rather than suppressing or denying it. 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But nicotine substitutes for food, nicotine substitutes for sleep, and there is so little time left for the future, once all the demands of the present are taken care of.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},3029338,"He laid his white right hand tidily atop his white left hand, on the tabletop. Smith smiled appreciatively, but still declined to come out to play. Septimus tapped the toe of his shoe on the floor. Tap-tap-tap: a foot tutting.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":79,"totalPages":25,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":80},1,10]