[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f_nKZ0iWRg7d_AYWmECoOojyrwiPSlEIArmhrxZ0fKi4":3,"$f5BfoJ8D8CaNsDa5OPKVu_rlCp94ww0L_Hy_JOV9lzqQ":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},47520,"Sarah Moss","S",20,null,"sarah-moss",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,23,29,35,41,47,53,59,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":22},3415983,"I personally don’t like depressing subjects, people say, as if mortality is a lifestyle choice, disease and violence and sorrow a matter of taste.",6,false,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\nThis quote is likely from Sarah Moss's novel \"Night Waking\", published in 2016, but given the tone and style, it could also be a passage from one of her non-fiction works or personal essays. As an author who has written extensively about motherhood, marriage, and the human condition, Moss often explores themes of mortality, morality, and the complexities of human experience.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nOn the surface, this quote seems to express Moss's aversion to morbid subjects; however, it reveals a more profound commentary on how we perceive and discuss suffering. The author is highlighting the notion that mortality, disease, and sorrow are not preferences or lifestyle choices but rather inherent aspects of the human experience.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider shifting from viewing difficult subjects as optional or avoidable to acknowledging them as inevitable parts of life. By doing so, you can approach challenges with a more nuanced perspective, recognizing that they are not something to be \"tasted\" or \"chosen,\" but rather a natural part of the human journey.",{"id":24,"quote_text":25,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3415972,"I started to empty the dishwasher and then remembered that there was an alternative to my thoughts and turned on the radio. There had been more bombs in the places where there are bombs. Children had died. No one had started CPR and called an ambulance, no one had rushed to them with adrenaline and oxygen and a defibrillator, no one was piecing together what had happened. There had been bombs and children had died.",{"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":17,"has_image":18,"author":32,"source":33,"quote_tag":34,"commentary":9},3415962,"It is simply not possible to live in a state of acute fear and shock for more than a couple of weeks, and so the mind finds a path, a story, a way onwards. 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Stories are not the truth.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":48,"quote_text":49,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":50,"source":51,"quote_tag":52,"commentary":9},3415938,"Suddenly, but not really. There is always a beginning.",{"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},3415929,"It’s only, he said, that one doesn’t like to think of one’s grandchildren facing greater disadvantages than one’s children. Well stop voting Tory, you prick, Emma did not say.",{"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},3415914,"I’m still broken, aren’t I? I guess I’m beginning to realise that I won’t get over it. Death doesn’t get better. Maybe life does.",{"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},3415888,"Lights blind you; there’s a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside.",{"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},3415885,"The stories told by numbers and research are quite different from the stories we tell ourselves and each other. This is not to say that either is wrong.",{"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]