Life Quote by Melanie Benjamin Download Open image ““at times I couldn’t recognize my own words, because I was still so often afraid in my life.”” — Melanie Benjamin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Life Time
“. You can’t spend your life being afraid of what other people think” — Leah Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“But the worst was that as time wore on, I became more and more afraid of myself, or perhaps more conscious of the fear… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“I wish I could say I was afraid, but I wasn’t. Quite the contrary. This was by far the most interesting thing that had… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“While most people had rational fears, I was stuck with an irrational fear of self. Nothing in this life scared me more than my… — Ali Blythe Copy Share Image
“It came to me that it was possible to be afraid of your own fear, and that such a phenomenon was utterly ridiculous.” — Juliet Marillier Copy Share Image
“For the entirety of my young and skittish life, I had fixated upon my fear as if it were the most interesting thing about… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Later, there were times when I was angry with myself for succumbing to that fear. But those with shattered souls find it very difficult… — Elizabeth Smart Copy Share Image
“But I know that I am not who I was supposed to be, who I could have been, and I know it's because I… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
“When your fears come true, you realize they weren’t as bad as you thought.” — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“It was then that I realized I wasn't afraid to lose my life; I was afraid to lose the life I could've lived.” — Amanda Nuri 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 was diminished… — Melanie Benjamin 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 Tragedy. I… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason. — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“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 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, coupling, of… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“ashamed of it even as I craved it. “Oh, she does! There’s a party tomorrow,” — 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 I didn't… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364” — Melanie Benjamin 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 off one… — 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
“...all his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long” — Melanie Benjamin 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 so my… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I… — Teddy Atlas Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
I value the experiences that come with life too much to sit by and not put my full effort into them. — Jim Miller Copy Share Image
Entertainment is a sacred pursuit when done well. When done well, it raises the quality of human life. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“I've spent much of my life calling my intuition "something wrong with me.” — Deanna L. Lawlis Copy Share Image
When you do things they're absolutely right at that time for you and it can always teach you something about yourself. You can take… — Kym Marsh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don't know nothing. I mean, that's my life lesson. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write, To thank the God of nature, who conveyed My soul to me, and with such care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image