Sadness and boredom were more bearable than the effort of living a normal life. Perhaps the idea of death began to hover over her during that period, as a kind of higher order of lassitude in which she would not have to move the blood in her veins or the air in her lungs; her repose would be absolute- not to think, not to feel, not to be. Isabel Allende
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Stevenson's quote "Sadness and boredom were more bearable than the effort of living a normal life" is basically saying that we should not allow ourselves to become depressed and bored because it would be much easier to deal with sadness and boredom than the struggle to live a normal life. Stevenson was speaking of depression and what people can do to keep themselves from becoming depressed and bored. The quote also gives an example of how we can prevent ourselves from becoming depressed and bored because we simply need to take action. The phrase, "the idea of death began to hover over her during that period" is speaking about how many people try to avoid death by avoiding living. They escape their problems by not having those problems in the first place.

Source: Eva Luna

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