“Only the weak need … heroes … and heroes need … those around them to remain weak.” — Melanie Benjamin 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
“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
“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 Copy Share Image
“At the age of twenty-five, he had conquered not only the entire planet but all the sky above it.” — Melanie Benjamin 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 Melancholic 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
“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
“as the second hand continued to go around again and again; it would never stop, they would never stop coming, all the… — Melanie Benjamin Second hand Copy Share Image
When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned. — Melanie Benjamin Inspirational 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
“... afraid of everything because nothing truly terrible had happened to me, yet.” — Melanie Benjamin Fear 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
“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
“And before that, I had been Charles’s wife, the bereaved mother of the slain child. That was all. But before that, I… — Melanie Benjamin Children Copy Share Image
“Only the weak need... heroes... and heroes need... those around them to remain weak. You're not weak.” — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Marriage breeds its own special brand of loneliness, and it’s far more cruel. You miss more, because you’ve known more.” — Melanie Benjamin Loneliness 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
“What I did not know was that I loved him, too. That was what I had found, what had been there all… — Melanie Benjamin Time 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
“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 Breakfast At Tiffany 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 Gratitude 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 Jealousy 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
