[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fr2w9GlQwmH2b9Lc8YC_27Kg2XXf76sd05-kdLMUn-Jc":3,"$f7YP8JYg7t3c9_xQvqO7BPV9H7GIwZpl9GuzcsEuTF8Q":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},25917,"Lois Duncan","L",18,null,"lois-duncan",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,22,28,34,40,47,53,59,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3232470,"Many of the kids coming into my classes at the university are all but illiterate. You give them a page to read and they can’t tell you what’s on it. Try teaching them the classics, and they can’t pronounce the words. Ask them to write about something, and they can’t make complete sentences – much less spell anything over two syllables.",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},3232435,"The silence was gone now, and the night was filled with voices – a chirp, a growl, a twitter – a burst of high-pitched laughter.",{"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},3232419,"By the time they’re in college, it’s gone too far. They’ve had twelve years without disciplined learning and they don’t know how to apply themselves. They haven’t learned to study or to pace their work so that projects get completed on time. They fall asleep in lectures because they expect to be entertained not educated.",{"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},3232407,"I feel now as though I’ve been sitting all my life inside a box, and suddenly someone is lifting the lid and I can look up and see the stars.",{"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":46},3232399,"We are the wise. Do not envy us – We who are too wise to draw near the fire Lest we get burned; We who are too wise to love Lest love should vanish and we be hurt. We are the wise. Do not envy us our wisdom – We who are too wise to live Lest we should die.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis enigmatic passage appears to be from Lois Duncan's book \"I Know What You Did Last Summer\" (1973), but after further research, it seems more likely that the quote originates from her earlier work, possibly \"Stranger with My Face\" (1967). During this period, Duncan was navigating the complexities of writing young adult fiction while exploring themes of identity, morality, and the psychological effects of trauma.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nAt first glance, the quote seems to portray wisdom as a liability, implying that those who possess it are hesitant to engage with life due to fear of getting hurt. However, upon closer inspection, the paradox reveals itself: the wise individuals Duncan describes have not become detached from emotions but rather have developed a nuanced understanding of love and its risks. This dichotomy highlights the tension between wisdom as detachment and wisdom as a catalyst for deeper emotional engagement.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, professionals or creatives can acknowledge that wisdom is not about avoiding pain but about navigating it with intention. By embracing their emotions and vulnerabilities, they can cultivate a more profound understanding of themselves and others, leading to wiser decision-making and more meaningful connections in personal and professional relationships.",{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3232382,"The best things in life are simple. Simple things work. They don’t foul up. It’s the complicated things that get twisted around on you.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":54,"quote_text":55,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":56,"source":57,"quote_tag":58,"commentary":9},3232370,"Girls like her are a dime a dozen, and I happen to have a pocket full of dimes.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":60,"quote_text":61,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":62,"source":63,"quote_tag":64,"commentary":9},3232362,"Writers ‘get started’ the day they are born. The minds they bring into the world with them are the amazing machines their stories will come out of, and the more they feed into it, the richer those stories will be.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":66,"quote_text":67,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":68,"source":69,"quote_tag":70,"commentary":9},3232354,"People do not spring forth out of the blue, fully formed – they become themselves slowly, day by day, starting from babyhood. They are the result of both environment and heredity, and your fictional characters, in order to be believable, must be also.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":72,"quote_text":73,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":74,"source":75,"quote_tag":76,"commentary":9},3232337,"Life continues, and we all of us keep changing and building, toward what we cannot know.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"currentPage":78,"totalPages":79,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":80},1,2,10]