Children Quote by Melanie Benjamin Download Open image ““pray to the God of my childhood that”” — Melanie Benjamin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Children God Prayer
“To know you are a beloved child of God protects you from thinking of prayer as a ladder to God or an exercise by… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
“Good God! To think upon a child That has no childish ways, No careless days, No frolics wild, No words of prayer and praise.… — Bonnie E. Virag Copy Share Image
“I prayed in silence that perhaps even now, the queen might have a son and might know joy like this, such a strange, unexpected… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
“He said his prayers just in case his parents had been wrong about God all those years.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“God can use the words of a teenager, the prayer of a senior citizen, or the candid remark of a child to convict you… — Henry T. Blackaby Copy Share Image
“I wanted my sons to know that, whatever kinds of prayers we utter, not matter how wretched, God hears them, even when we pray… — Wendy Murray Copy Share Image
“When I tried to pray I could only utter these words: “From my youth up Thy terrors have I suffered with a troubled mind.”… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“You are to my soul what God is to a mother praying for her child at the altar.” — Malak El Halabi Copy Share Image
“for a moment, I stand in the doorway, watching the steady rise and fall of their chests. I listen to the gentle hum of… — Heather M. Orgeron Copy Share Image
“They pray that their children will be brave and clever and strong, that they will tell the true stories instead of the easy ones.… — Leigh Bardugo 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
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
I believe in freedom to do what you want if you aren't hurting others, but pictures of obese protesters giving their children big gulps. — Philip DeFranco Copy Share Image
If the audience likes your work, if they like you, they don't think whether you are married or have children or not. I made… — Dimple Kapadia Copy Share Image
It doesnt seem to me strange that children should like the macabre, the sensational, and the forbidden. — Anthony Hecht Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives… — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
My school was one of the most beautiful places a child can grow up in. You are surrounded by nature - cats, dogs, birds… — Amala Akkineni Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
