“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 also enjoyed praying at night for forgiveness, secure in the knowledge I’d not really done anything in need of forgiving.” — Melanie Benjamin Forgiveness 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
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
“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
“And this—instead of happiness—would be only what the two of us deserved, after all.” — Melanie Benjamin 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
What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all… — Melanie Benjamin 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
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
“as the second hand continued to go around again and again; it would never stop, they would never stop coming, all the… — Melanie Benjamin 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
I certainly incorporate facts into my fiction. I take the basic facts from the life of my subject and I pick and… — Melanie Benjamin 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 Sorrow Copy Share Image
I see things beyond what other people see. I am always looking for hidden corners and closets of a life that I… — Melanie Benjamin 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
“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
“Unlike men, women got less sintimental as we aged, I was discovering. We cried enough, when we were young; vessels overflowing with… — Melanie Benjamin 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
“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
My head grew muddled with it all; the silly ways adults acted with one another, never saying what they meant, trusting in… — Melanie Benjamin Adults Copy Share Image
“That's just it, don't you see? I don't want to be taken care of! I don't want be hidden away, a burden!… — Melanie Benjamin Burden 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
“As awful as Bacon’s scenario sounded, at least she had some kind of vision for her future. Whereas I—fanciful thoughts of scandalous… — Melanie Benjamin Actor Copy Share Image
