[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fgfarFU7VNN2JjBOSJUXWt3CXRR23a3Wrp8M9U6g_pjg":3,"$fj0WOgEvOwPK1hvpx_Hs_BmLDuiax5u5pyBUUZGU1ohU":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},59059,"Tim Parks","T",19,null,"tim-parks",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":83},[14,23,29,35,41,47,53,59,65,72],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":22},3478733,"Life is simply too short for the wrong books, or even the right books at the wrong time.",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 attributed to Tim Parks, an Italian-born British author known for his novels and essays on literature and culture. While the exact origin of the quote is unclear, it reflects his introspective and self-aware approach to life, often seen in his writings about the human condition.\n\n**The Hidden Insight**\nOn the surface, this quote advises against wasting time on unreadable or ill-timed books. However, upon closer examination, it reveals a profound commentary on the fluidity of personal circumstances and how they influence our preferences and tastes. Parks is suggesting that our reading choices are not solely determined by our individual literary merit or critical faculties but are also contingent on our life experiences, emotional states, and environmental contexts.\n\n**How to Use This**\nTo apply this mindset today, consider embracing a more flexible and adaptive approach to your reading list, allowing yourself to revisit books at different stages of your life when their themes and characters resonate with you anew. By doing so, you'll foster a dynamic relationship between your personal growth and literary exploration.",{"id":24,"quote_text":25,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":26,"source":27,"quote_tag":28,"commentary":9},3478726,"In any power game, it seems, the dominant party is the least likely to be aware of what is going on.",{"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},3478715,"With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different finds you, takes you by surprise, shifts your tastes to new territory.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":36,"quote_text":37,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":38,"source":39,"quote_tag":40,"commentary":9},3478706,"What wonderful minds we have, even though they don’t seem to get us anywhere, or make us happy.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":42,"quote_text":43,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":44,"source":45,"quote_tag":46,"commentary":9},3478698,"But now suddenly it occurs to me that by far the main protagonist of twentieth-century literature must be the chattering mind, which usually means the mind that can’t make up its mind, the mind postponing action in indecision and, if we’re lucky, poetry.",{"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},3478685,"Life presents itself first and foremost as a task. We take no pleasure in it except when we are striving after something.",{"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},3478678,"The purpose of reading is not to pass some final judgement on the text, but to engage with what it has to offer to me now.",{"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},3478664,"Glory, for the translator, is borrowed glory. There is no way around this. Translators are celebrated when they translate celebrated books.",{"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":68,"has_image":18,"author":69,"source":70,"quote_tag":71,"commentary":9},851725,"«Per così dire», iva. Mi piace questa parola, iva. Dev'essere sanscrito. Certe cose Calasso le sa. Davanti a tipi come lui che capiscono il sanscrito non puoi che restare a bocca aperta. In ogni caso, ben venga l'apologetico quando si è davanti all'approssimativo. O al titubante. O al decisamente arrischiato. Ogni traduzione dovrebbe avere iva in appendice.",2,{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[],{"id":73,"quote_text":74,"author_id":5,"source_id":68,"has_image":18,"author":75,"source":76,"quote_tag":77,"commentary":9},775149,"The canon is finished. Anyone who believes that one can construct a canon from the tidal wave of narrative produced today is guilty of wishful thinking. All we will have is a record of who won the prizes and achieved celebrity status. But, perhaps, the canon was always a fairly heavy-handed tool and little more than a convenience. The only thing is to follow one’s nose and listen carefully to the way others talk about books, learn who’s opinion takes you to interesting places.",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[78],{"id":79,"tag":80},3648339,{"id":81,"tag_name":82},36164,"canon",{"currentPage":84,"totalPages":68,"totalItems":8,"itemsPerPage":85},1,10]