Books Quote by Joanna Rakoff
““She’d never spent entire days lying on her bed reading, entire nights making up complicated stories in her head. She’d not dreamed of willing herself into Anne of Green Gables and Jane Eyre so that she might have real friends, friends who understood her thorny desires and dreams. How could she spend her days—her life—ushering books into publication but not love them in the way that I did, the way that they needed to be loved?””
About This Quote
Source Novel: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Joanna Rakoff, 2015
She reflects on how she once loved books for imagination, now she publishes them without that same passion, highlighting a disconnect between work and personal love for literature.
In simple terms: She no longer feels the same love for books she once imagined.
Key Takeaway
Reignite personal passion for what you create.
Themes
literature
career
passion
disconnection
Mood
nostalgic
reflective
Type
personal
literary
When to use this quote
- writing career
- publishing
- personal reading habits
Key Concepts
creative fulfillment
authenticity
literary love
Questions to Reflect On
- Do you still love the work you produce?
- How can you reconnect with your original passion?
A Different Perspective
A career can alienate the original love that inspired it.
