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I and all my belongings had died out of it, and I knew how it would seem when Mrs. Todd came back and found her lodger gone. So we die before our own eyes; so we see some chapters of our lives come to their natural end.",{"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":25,"has_image":50,"author":51,"source":52,"quote_tag":53,"commentary":54},3416140,"I’ve found that people who look at things as they are, and not as they wish them to be, are the ones who succeed.",true,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],"**The Backstory**\n\nThis quote is reminiscent of Sarah Orne Jewett's writings, particularly her novel \"A Country Doctor\" (1884), where she explores themes of realism and the human condition. During this time, Jewett was living in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, surrounded by a community of artists and intellectuals who valued authenticity and honesty. Her own life experiences, including struggles with illness and personal loss, likely influenced her perspective on success.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\n\nWhile the quote may seem to promote a straightforward approach to reality, it actually reveals a profound paradox: success often stems not from wishing things were different, but from accepting and working within the existing constraints. This means that those who succeed are not necessarily the ones with the most optimistic outlooks, but rather those who can navigate the complexities of reality with clarity and purpose.\n\n**How to Use This**\n\nTo apply this mindset today, try adopting a \"third-person\" perspective when faced with challenges: imagine yourself as an outside observer, analyzing your situation objectively. By doing so, you'll be able to separate your desires from the actual circumstances, allowing you to develop more effective strategies for achieving your goals.",{"id":56,"quote_text":57,"author_id":5,"source_id":25,"has_image":18,"author":58,"source":59,"quote_tag":60,"commentary":9},3416139,"We are always looking forward to the passing and ending of winter, but when summer is here it seems as if summer must always last. 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Every such tree has got its own livin’ spring; there’s folks made to match ’em.",{"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":25,"has_image":18,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},3416129,"When one really knows a village like this and its surroundings, it is like becoming acquainted with a single person. The process of falling in love at first sight is as final as it is swift in such a case, but the growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.",{"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":25,"has_image":18,"author":76,"source":77,"quote_tag":78,"commentary":9},3416118,"I took new pleasure in the thought that in a piece of wild pasture land like this one may get closest to Nature, and subsist upon what she gives of her own free will. There have been no drudging, heavy-shod ploughmen to overturn the soil, and vex it into yielding artificial crops. Here one has to take just what Nature is pleased to give, whether one is a yellow-bird or a human being.",{"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":81},1,10]