Melancholic Quote 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…

— 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…

— Melanie Benjamin

Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.

— 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.”

— 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…

— Melanie Benjamin

“ashamed of it even as I craved it. “Oh, she does! There’s a party tomorrow,”

— 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…

— Melanie Benjamin

“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364”

— 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…

— Melanie Benjamin

“And this—instead of happiness—would be only what the two of us deserved, after all.”

— Melanie Benjamin

“...all his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long”

— 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…

— Melanie Benjamin