“The Peach Keeper” by Sarah Addison Allen - Quodid

When you’re a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury.

—Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper

life friendship aging age luxury

Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? She would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss.

—Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper

time childhood loss growing up

People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.

—Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper

love relationships people reciprocation

She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people.

—Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper

She'd never felt anything for the men she'd dated, nothing beyond her own desperation. And her desire to marry wasn't strong enough, would never be strong enough, to allow her to marry a man she didn't love.

—Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper

About Sarah Addison Allen

Sarah Addison Allen (also known by the pen name Katie Gallagher) is an American and New York Times bestselling author.

[from Wikipedia]

See more quotations from Sarah Addison Allen on Quodid