The Age of Desire Quotes

“There is nothing one can do to delay the inevitable, and so it's best just to stand tall.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“But passion and pride rarely occupy the same space.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“... sin has always been more delicious than loyalty.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“It's swallowing down the memories that turn the world so black.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“... But she sees that his mouth sucks on his mischievousness as one might savor a hard candy.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“Of everyone here, you are the fish I would like to catch.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“Sometimes friendships go bad, she tells herself. Relationships soften and rot like old fruit. They have their time, and then they shrivel and grow putrid. She”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire: A Novel

“You look peaceful,” he tells her. “Maybe that’s what a man feels when he stands before a firing squad. There is nothing one can do to delay the inevitable, and so it’s best just to stand tall.” Morton”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire: A Novel

“She’s heard that the glaciers in the Alaska territory hold such an extraordinary azure color they seem to have trapped the sky beneath the ice.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire: A Novel

“He experiences everything with a childlike pleasure that she deems the essential element of a good traveler.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire

“Edith learned long ago that men are drawn to women who are either undeniably beautiful or alluringly vulnerable. She’s never been either.”
― Jennie Fields, The Age of Desire