The Empire of the Senses Quotes

“Barbarism is contagious. Did you see the euphoria on their faces? The joy?”
― Alexis Landau, The Empire of the Senses: A Novel

“Should seeing or hearing be the primary means of perceiving beauty?”
― Alexis Landau, The Empire of the Senses: A Novel

“At the edge of the earth, there are no judges.”
― Alexis Landau, The Empire of the Senses: A Novel

“Holding the bread to her chest, she made her way home, thinking of those dreamy winter afternoons, when the light looked as it did now, the crystalline blue of the sky slipping into a faded purple, as faint as a bruise.”
― Alexis Landau, The Empire of the Senses