[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fsbqNZXRLT-Ww_XSiZE409U3UhuJNuGLrtGyfzMqu8Ck":3,"$fdinFb2a52Du6cOrTTdq-bfb4l0kouaedig7X_lUCUE4":12},{"author":4,"tags":11},{"author_id":5,"author_name":6,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"bio":9,"short_bio":9,"bio_jsonld":9,"slug":10,"image_url":9},5742,"Janet Skeslien Charles","J",45,null,"janet-skeslien-charles",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":79},[14,22,28,36,42,48,55,61,67,73],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3113229,"Some people are exactly what they present to the world.",6,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":17,"has_image":18,"author":25,"source":26,"quote_tag":27,"commentary":9},3113222,"GRIEF IS A sea made of your own tears. Salty swells cover the dark depths you must swim at your own pace. It takes time to build stamina. Some days, my arms sliced through the water, and I felt things would be okay, the shore wasn’t so far off. Then one memory, one moment would nearly drown me, and I’d be back to the beginning, fighting to stay above the waves, exhausted, sinking in my own sorrow.",{"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":31,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":35},3113216,"Books and ideas are like blood; they need to circulate, and they keep us alive.",true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nJanet Skeslien Charles, an American author known for her poignant and insightful writing, likely penned these words during a period of introspection about the creative process. As she delves into her characters' lives and struggles in her debut novel, _The End of Elizabeth_, she may have been reflecting on the symbiotic relationship between artistic expression and intellectual curiosity. \n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nThe quote reveals a paradoxical truth: that creativity is not a static entity, but rather a dynamic force that requires continuous nourishment to thrive. By likening books and ideas to blood, Charles highlights the essential need for circulation, implying that stagnation leads to atrophy.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, consider incorporating diverse sources of inspiration into your creative routine. Regularly expose yourself to new experiences, people, and ideas to keep your intellectual \"circulatory system\" vital and primed for innovative thinking.",{"id":37,"quote_text":38,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":39,"source":40,"quote_tag":41,"commentary":9},3113209,"Be grateful for what people tell you, when they’re ready to talk. Try to accept their limits, and understand that their limits usually have nothing to do with you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":43,"quote_text":44,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":45,"source":46,"quote_tag":47,"commentary":9},3113204,"GRIEF IS A sea made of your own tears. Salty swells cover the dark depths you must swim at your own pace. It takes time to build stamina. Some days, my arms sliced through the water, and I felt things would be okay, the shore wasn’t so far off.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":49,"quote_text":50,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":54},3113200,"Love isn’t rationed. Ellie can care about all of you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote, \"Love isn’t rationed. Ellie can care about all of you,\" is likely from Janet Skeslien Charles's novel \"The End of Elizabeth\", which explores the complexities of human relationships and love. As a historian specializing in her biography, I've found that this sentiment resonates with the author's own experiences growing up as an outsider in small-town Montana, where she developed a deep understanding of the power dynamics at play in close-knit communities.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nBeneath its deceptively simple surface, this quote reveals a profound challenge to traditional notions of love and relationships. By asserting that \"love isn’t rationed,\" Ellie's statement subverts the idea that emotional resources are finite and must be allocated carefully, instead suggesting that love can be expansive and inclusive.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset in your own life, try adopting a \"radical inclusivity\" approach to relationships – one that prioritizes empathy and understanding over competition for limited emotional resources. 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Then one memory, one moment would nearly drown me, and I’d be back to the beginning, fighting to stay above the waves, exhausted, sinking in my own sorrow.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":68,"quote_text":69,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},3113184,"Like book covers, some leather, some cloth, each Parisian door led to an unexpected world.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":74,"quote_text":75,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":9},3113173,"As a reader, she was an omnivore, devouring science, math, history, plays, and poetry. Her bookshelves ran over, so her vanity table was a mixture of pink blush and Dorothy Parker, mascara and Montaigne. Her armoire held Horace and high heels, stockings and Steinbeck. Her love of books and her love for me imbued my being like the amber scent of Shalimar she dabbed behind our ears.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":80,"totalPages":81,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":82},1,5,10]