"There is always so much talk about the……" — Melanie Benjamin
"There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating."
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11 Quotes by Melanie Benjamin
Melanie Benjamin has 11 quotes on this site.
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What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they…
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When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned.
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I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on…
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Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden…
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My head grew muddled with it all; the silly ways adults acted with one another, never saying what they meant,…
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Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.
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But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I…
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I had wanted to live forever as a gypsy girl; I had wanted to live forever as a child, tumbling…
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Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead I would define it.
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Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had…
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid…
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
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Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what…
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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