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And yet we’re always surprised to find ourselves entrapped or made fools of.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":32,"quote_text":33,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":21,"author":34,"source":35,"quote_tag":36,"commentary":9},3176987,"Such a fragile way to sustain a whole life: on a web one weaves for oneself.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":38,"quote_text":39,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":21,"author":40,"source":41,"quote_tag":42,"commentary":9},3176975,"A girl could forget her precise location in the universe when a man looked at her with eyes like those.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":44,"quote_text":45,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":21,"author":46,"source":47,"quote_tag":48,"commentary":9},3176964,"Good evening, Miss Eversea. 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This insight challenges the common assumption that emotional pain must be eradicated or overcome in order for healing to occur; instead, it suggests that acknowledging and integrating this pain into one's narrative is essential to growth and self-formation.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider how your own experiences of loss or trauma might be shaping you into the person you are becoming. Rather than trying to \"get over\" these events, reflect on how they have contributed to your resilience, wisdom, and character – and allow yourself to speak from a place of vulnerability and authenticity.",{"id":75,"quote_text":76,"author_id":5,"source_id":15,"has_image":21,"author":77,"source":78,"quote_tag":79,"commentary":9},3176922,"The stars are particularly spectacular tonight, don’t you think? Dazzling. As if they’ve all had a good rinsing from the storm.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":81,"totalPages":82,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":83},1,8,10]