[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fP6rujMIigPNdMtTiIo5ssFdDw27kzd46KuO5_WeefgE":3,"$fdENSTNsRhRMasWRDp1WNeQ1VEe684lalFxeO1x5aZU8":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},18096,"Vivian Vande Velde","V",25,null,"vivian-vande-velde",[],{"quotes":13,"pagination":77},[14,22,28,34,40,46,53,59,65,71],{"id":15,"quote_text":16,"author_id":5,"source_id":17,"has_image":18,"author":19,"source":20,"quote_tag":21,"commentary":9},3498697,"Once upon a time, in the days before Social Security or insurance companies, there lived a miller and his daughter, Della, who were fairly well-off and reasonably happy until the day their mill burned down.",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},3498691,"It’s difficult to tell which of those brothers is more foolish,” Grandmother whispered to Isolda, “Jakob or Wilhelm. 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