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> [There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/there-is-always-so-much-talk-about-the-sins-of-the-fathers-but-it-is/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

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## More by Melanie Benjamin

> [“Elisabeth was the same as ever, and I was the same as ever around her; no longer a confident college senior, I was diminished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/elisabeth-was-the-same-as-ever-and-i-was-the-same-as-ever-around-her/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“Who was this woman before me, her face imprinted with the expectations of others? I was Mom. I was Wife. I was Tragedy. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/who-was-this-woman-before-me-her-face-imprinted-with-the-expectations/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/why-were-there-so-many-barriers-between-us-always-barriers-of/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“my breath sour against my fist, which I still held to my mouth as if this was a sorrow that could be stifled.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/my-breath-sour-against-my-fist-which-i-still-held-to-my-mouth-as-if/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“And this was the greatest gift that aviation could ever give me; not the sense of freedom but the sense of permanence, coupling, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/and-this-was-the-greatest-gift-that-aviation-could-ever-give-me-not/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“ashamed of it even as I craved it. “Oh, she does! There’s a party tomorrow,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/ashamed-of-it-even-as-i-craved-it-oh-she-does-there-s-a-party-tomorrow/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“Now and adult, allowed a glimpse of these first cracks in my family's perfect surface, I couldn't help but wonder what else I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/now-and-adult-allowed-a-glimpse-of-these-first-cracks-in-my-family-s/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/to-live-for-oneself-is-a-terrifying-prospect-there-is-comfort-in/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“For I can think of no fate drearier than sitting at home...for the rest of my life, watching all of you go off one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/for-i-can-think-of-no-fate-drearier-than-sitting-at-home-for-the-rest/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“And this—instead of happiness—would be only what the two of us deserved, after all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/and-this-instead-of-happiness-would-be-only-what-the-two-of-us/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“...all his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/all-his-smiles-were-just-a-little-sad-around-the-edges-as-if-he-knew/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“And I did not speak German well; I found the language harsh and guttural, my ear simply couldn’t find it pleasing, and so my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/and-i-did-not-speak-german-well-i-found-the-language-harsh-and/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“No, this was the career I wanted; a writer could be employed for as long as she could hold a pencil; for as long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/no-this-was-the-career-i-wanted-a-writer-could-be-employed-for-as/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/unlike-men-women-got-less-sentimental-as-we-aged-i-was-discovering/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

> [“His death notice included the mention that in 1880, he had married Alice in Wonderland. I like to think he would have been pleased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-benjamin/his-death-notice-included-the-mention-that-in-1880-he-had-married/)

[Melanie Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-benjamin/)

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