{"id":10800,"date":"2015-12-14T20:23:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/?p=10800"},"modified":"2020-05-20T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:06:10","slug":"appetite-and-acquisition-vivian-gornick-quote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/appetite-and-acquisition-vivian-gornick-quote\/","title":{"rendered":"Appetite and Acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10801\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/appetite-and-acquisition-vivian-gornick-quote\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vivian gornick quote approaching eye level\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;vivian gornick quote approaching eye level appetite and  acquitision&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10801\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" alt=\"vivian gornick quote approaching eye level appetite and acquitision\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kimberlypearl.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/10665898_628442047276420_896540543_n.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I had always known\u00a0that life was not appetite and acquisition. 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