Quote by Melanie Benjamin Download Open image ““...'it's not that you are too small, my little chick,but rather that the world is too big.”” — Melanie Benjamin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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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
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“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
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