"And now, years after I'd given up the search, here was some charlatan advertising in the newspaper for the very same young dreamer that I'd been fifteen years ago.
But this still doesn't explain my outrage, does it?
Try this: You've been in love with someone for a decade - someone who barely knows you're alive. You've done everything, tried everything to make this person see that you're a valuable, estimable person, and that your love is worth something. Then one day you open up the paper and glance at the Personals column, and there you see that your loved one has placed an ad...seeking someone worthwhile to love and be loved by."
- Daniel Quinn, "Ishmael"
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