“At the age of twenty-five, he had conquered not only the entire planet but all the sky above it.” — Melanie Benjamin Conquered Copy Share Image
“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364” — Melanie Benjamin Marriage Copy Share Image
“... afraid of everything because nothing truly terrible had happened to me, yet.” — Melanie Benjamin Afraid Copy Share Image
Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering. — Melanie Benjamin Discovering Copy Share Image
“Only the weak need … heroes … and heroes need … those around them to remain weak.” — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“What were those prizes to me when the one I desired the most was withheld from me?” — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“THE BEST TIME TO LEAVE A PARTY IS WHEN THE PARTY’S JUST BEGINNING. —Diana Vreeland” — Melanie Benjamin Best time Copy Share Image
“dreams may have been the paintings on my walls, but doubts and fears were the bars on my windows.” — Melanie Benjamin Dream Copy Share Image
“I resigned myself to looking for that face that I clearly recalled—until the day when I couldn’t. It happened so suddenly.” — Melanie Benjamin Suddenly Copy Share Image
“What I did not know was that I loved him, too. That was what I had found, what had been there all… — Melanie Benjamin Loved Copy Share Image
“No longer did I need to be responsible for my own destiny, to worry about what to do today, tomorrow, next year.… — Melanie Benjamin Destiny Copy Share Image
“they’re pearls. And as such, should only be auctioned off to the highest bidder.” Now I was very confused. Only slaves were… — Melanie Benjamin Long ago Copy Share Image
“No, this was the career I wanted; a writer could be employed for as long as she could hold a pencil; for… — Melanie Benjamin Actress Copy Share Image
“Pray remember, Alice—love isn’t all. There is family, and education, and potential. Also property, of course.” — Melanie Benjamin Education Copy Share Image
“why Phoebe always dipped her food into tea before she ate it (she said she had soft teeth and didn’t want to… — Melanie Benjamin Marriage Copy Share Image
“my breath sour against my fist, which I still held to my mouth as if this was a sorrow that could be… — Melanie Benjamin Grief Copy Share Image
“And this new story; he had an idea for a title. He’d heard a sailor on leave, during the war, tell another… — Melanie Benjamin Truman Copy Share Image
“desire to know more. I hope my novel accomplishes this, and I highly recommend the following books that I found very useful:… — Melanie Benjamin Books Copy Share Image
“My dear, simple little sister! Every mood so fleeting, yet so obvious; there was no mystery to Minnie, none at all. She… — Melanie Benjamin Little sister Copy Share Image
“Who was this woman before me, her face imprinted with the expectations of others? I was Mom. I was Wife. I was… — Melanie Benjamin Life Copy Share Image
“Just when had I become so self-absorbed? I was a form of self-preservation, I realized now; I had resolved that...I could survive… — Melanie Benjamin Identity Copy Share Image
I had wanted to live forever as a gypsy girl; I had wanted to live forever as a child, tumbling down a… — Melanie Benjamin Children Copy Share Image
“And this was the greatest gift that aviation could ever give me; not the sense of freedom but the sense of permanence,… — Melanie Benjamin Aviation Copy Share Image
“Elisabeth was the same as ever, and I was the same as ever around her; no longer a confident college senior, I… — Melanie Benjamin Fitness Copy Share Image
“To my children, I was just Mom. That was all. And before that, I had been Charles’s wife, the bereaved mother of… — Melanie Benjamin Children Copy Share Image
“Mother shook her head impatiently. 'You need to...stop looking for heroes, Anne.' Her speech was slow, slurred, but understandable. 'Only the weak… — Melanie Benjamin Marriage Copy Share Image
“And this—instead of happiness—would be only what the two of us deserved, after all.” — Melanie Benjamin Deserved Copy Share Image
When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned. — Melanie Benjamin Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Reality had so intruded in my life that flowery verse seemed fanciful, foolish, even.” — Melanie Benjamin Fanciful Copy Share Image
“ashamed of it even as I craved it. “Oh, she does! There’s a party tomorrow,” — Melanie Benjamin Ashamed Copy Share Image
Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason. — Melanie Benjamin Age Copy Share Image
“Never before had I imagined leaving home, but that wasn't because of lack of desire, only lack of possibility.” — Melanie Benjamin Desire Copy Share Image
“I had the foresight to pick up a shard of china—the faded pink china bow of the shepherdess’s apron—and plant it in… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“His death notice included the mention that in 1880, he had married Alice in Wonderland. I like to think he would have… — Melanie Benjamin Death Copy Share Image
“Sorrow was my constant companion, even though I no longer wept. It was the shadow that followed me on sunny days, the… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“as the second hand continued to go around again and again; it would never stop, they would never stop coming, all the… — Melanie Benjamin Continued Copy Share Image
“Now and adult, allowed a glimpse of these first cracks in my family's perfect surface, I couldn't help but wonder what else… — Melanie Benjamin Family Copy Share Image
Most readers of historical fiction are content to just get caught up in a good story, and that is what I want… — Melanie Benjamin Books Copy Share Image
“Tonight, all I want to do is dream of that movie. Is that bad? That I’d rather dream of a movie than… — Melanie Benjamin Dreams Copy Share Image
