How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The war didn't have much to do with it except that it provided the perfect limbo in which two people who were too young and too related could start kissing without anything or anyone making us stop. (1.10.2)
Daisy brings up an interesting point here: how much the war plays into their attraction and what goes down between them. For her, it just provides a sort of perfect storm. Aunt Penn's gone, no adults are bothering them, they're all alone in the countryside…
Quote #5
Falling into a sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my list of Things to Do […] but […] Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just have to hold on for dear life. (1.10.5)
There's an interesting lack of agency depicted here. Rather than Daisy and Edmond making a choice, Daisy describes what happens as though it is something entirely out of their control, akin to a roller coaster they wound up on by accident and now can't get off of until the ride's over.