As You Desire Quotes

“Has he ever even said he loved you?"
"He's been telling me for years," she said softly, "I just wasn't listening”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire

“He stopped. She heard the intake of his breath. “You are my country, Desdemona.” Yearning, harsh and poignant and she felt herself swaying toward him. “My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.”

She gasped.

His gaze fell, shielded by his lashes. An odd, half-mocking smile played about his lips. “You’ll never hear old Blake say something like that.”

She swallowed, unable to speak, her senses abraded by his stimulating words, her pulse hammering in anticipation? Trepidation?

“Remember my words next time he calls you a bloody English rose.”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire

“Pain is the only reward for clinging to impossible dreams." (Harry Braxton)”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire

“Without remorse she gave good-bye to her fantasies. They'd served their purpose, they'd awoken her heart to its potential. But as far as using them as a template for her life ...”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire

“You are my country, Desdemona.” Yearning, harsh and poignant, and she felt herself swaying toward him. “My Egypt. My hot, harrowing desert and my cool, verdant Nile, infinitely lovely and unfathomable and sustaining.”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire

“You used to be such a sweet creature. So trusting.” He tched gently. “Whatever happened to you?” “You.”
― Connie Brockway, As You Desire