Quote by Melanie Benjamin Download Open image ““for we should rejoice in being seen, needed. Loved.”” — Melanie Benjamin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I did not need to be perfect to be loved. I only needed to be seen.” — Grace Thornhill Copy Share Image
“He was finally feeling what is it to be loved by somebody. To be cared for. To be missed. The simple things that we… — S.C. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For I have seen it and I have felt it and it is love, not death, that undoes us.” — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
“Everyone needs to be needed, wants to be wanted, and loves to be loved.” — Heather Lende Copy Share Image
“It is only because we seek love as if it lives outside of us that we miss it, again and again.” — Vironika Tugaleva 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
