Quote by Audrey Niffenegger

Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew, forbidden books read secretively late at night. Teenage years reading -trying to read- books I'd heard were important, Naked Lunch, and The Fountainhead, Ulysses and Women in Love... It was as though I had dreamt the perfect lover, who vanished as I woke, leaving me pining and surly.

Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I

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This quote captures the bittersweet experience of discovering and losing one's true passion. The speaker reflects on their love for reading and how it shaped their childhood and teenage years. They compare their attachment to books and literature to finding the perfect lover, only to have it slip away, leaving them feeling empty and longing for that same connection. The quote hints at the transient nature of desires and the inherent longing for what we once had but can no longer possess.

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