Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering. — Melanie Benjamin Discovering Copy Share Image
“For I can think of no fate drearier than sitting at home...for the rest of my life, watching all of you go… — Melanie Benjamin Destiny Copy Share Image
“I flashed a grateful smile at my brother for giving me this gift of a self I had just recently begun to… — Melanie Benjamin Brother Copy Share Image
“All of this was mine, simply for agreeing to marry a man I did not love but who was, in the end,… — Melanie Benjamin Agreeing Copy Share Image
“There had been so many of them, so pale and thin and dirty, but Mamma had said we weren’t to feel sorry… — Melanie Benjamin Feel sorry 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
“I will fly, alone. Wearing my own pair of goggles, my view of the world just as unique, just as wonderful, and… — Melanie Benjamin Goggles Copy Share Image
“I ran after her, pulling at her arm; this felt like a violation more than anything else. “You can’t read my letters!… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“No one was going to come looking for me, after all—and I wasn’t entirely sure how I felt about that.” — Melanie Benjamin Felt Copy Share Image
“And I did not speak German well; I found the language harsh and guttural, my ear simply couldn’t find it pleasing, and… — Melanie Benjamin German language 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
“Suddenly my mood shifted, as it always seemed to do whenever I was with my family. Away from them, I could be… — Melanie Benjamin Family Copy Share Image
“We are in receipt of numerous communications concerning the Harper's Ferry affair, and the various topics connected with it... We must decline… — Melanie Benjamin Communication Copy Share Image
“Unlike men, women got less sintimental as we aged, I was discovering. We cried enough, when we were young; vessels overflowing with… — Melanie Benjamin Cried Copy Share Image
“Dana taught me that the ability to grieve deeply also meant that a person had the capacity to love deeply, laugh deeply,… — Melanie Benjamin Capacity to love Copy Share Image
What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all… — Melanie Benjamin Days 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
“JEALOUSY IS A TERRIBLE THING. It keeps you up at night, it demands tremendous energy in order to remain alive, and so… — Melanie Benjamin Bitter 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
“My stomach was so full of butterflies and other insects with busy, brushing wings—entirely appropriate under the circumstances, I couldn’t help but… — Melanie Benjamin Dreams 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“I still can't stop marveling that this same boy chose me; and I'm glad that I can't, for we should rejoice in… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Reality had so intruded in my life that flowery verse seemed fanciful, foolish, even.” — Melanie Benjamin Fanciful Copy Share Image
When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned. — Melanie Benjamin Inspirational 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
“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
“...all his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long” — Melanie Benjamin Happiness 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 Bad dream Copy Share Image
“Unlike men who needed approval, he didn’t speak loudly or use hyperbole. He simply was.” — Melanie Benjamin Approval 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
But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get… — Melanie Benjamin Dear 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 saw myself through her eyes, I saw myself through Charles’s eyes, always; I never looked into a mirror and saw myself… — Melanie Benjamin Charles Copy Share Image
