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Melanie Benjamin quotes: My breath sour against my fist, which I still held to my mouth as if this was a sorrow that could be stifled.

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 quotes: So now he was throwing a party. The most swellegant, elegant party evah.

So now he was throwing a party. The most swellegant, elegant party evah.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: 'it's not that you are too small, my little chick,but rather that the world is too big.

'it's not that you are too small, my little chick,but rather that the world is too big.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Only the weak need ... heroes ... and heroes need ... those around them to remain weak.

Only the weak need ... heroes ... and heroes need ... those around them to remain weak.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Afraid of everything because nothing truly terrible had happened to me, yet.

Afraid of everything because nothing truly terrible had happened to me, yet.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I resigned myself to looking for that face that I clearly recalled - until the day when I couldn't. It happened so suddenly.

I resigned myself to looking for that face that I clearly recalled - until the day when I couldn't. It happened so suddenly.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: At the age of twenty-five, he had conquered not only the entire planet but all the sky above it.

At the age of twenty-five, he had conquered not only the entire planet but all the sky above it.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Contemplation, rather than action; that seemed to be my lot in life, and I was ashamed of it even as I craved it.

Contemplation, rather than action; that seemed to be my lot in life, and I was ashamed of it even as I craved it.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I still can't stop marveling that this same boy chose me; and I'm glad that I can't, for we should rejoice in being seen, needed. Loved.

I still can't stop marveling that this same boy chose me; and I'm glad that I can't, for we should rejoice in being seen, needed. Loved.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom ... p 364

To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom ...
p 364

Melanie Benjamin quotes: old-fashioned flowers, it looked like an English garden.

old-fashioned flowers, it looked like an English garden.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: But they all recognized the steady, no-nonsense influence Jack had had on Truman; he was the ballast to Truman's airy sails.

But they all recognized the steady, no-nonsense influence Jack had had on Truman; he was the ballast to Truman's airy sails.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned.

When you write things down, they sometimes take you places you hadn't planned.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: All of this was mine, simply for agreeing to marry a man I did not love but who was, in the end, the only man who had ever asked.

All of this was mine, simply for agreeing to marry a man I did not love but who was, in the end, the only man who had ever asked.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering.

Unlike men, women got less sentimental as we aged, I was discovering.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I will fly, alone. Wearing my own pair of goggles, my view of the world just as unique, just as wonderful, and his was, but different. Mine.

I will fly, alone. Wearing my own pair of goggles, my view of the world just as unique, just as wonderful, and his was, but different. Mine.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I also enjoyed praying at night for forgiveness, secure in the knowledge I'd not really done anything in need of forgiving.

I also enjoyed praying at night for forgiveness, secure in the knowledge I'd not really done anything in need of forgiving.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Dreams may have been the paintings on my walls, but doubts and fears were the bars on my windows.

Dreams may have been the paintings on my walls, but doubts and fears were the bars on my windows.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead I would define it.

Never would I allow my size to define me. Instead I would define it.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Never before had I imagined leaving home, but that wasn't because of lack of desire, only lack of possibility.

Never before had I imagined leaving home, but that wasn't because of lack of desire, only lack of possibility.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: All his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long

All his smiles were just a little sad around the edges, as if he knew happiness never could last very long

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Now there were no more stories to tell, to soothe, to comfort, to draw strangers close together; to link like hearts and minds.

Now there were no more stories to tell, to soothe, to comfort, to draw strangers close together; to link like hearts and minds.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Were we women always destined to appear as we were not, as long as we were standing next to our husbands?

Were we women always destined to appear as we were not, as long as we were standing next to our husbands?

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I like to imagine the "what ifs" of history.

I like to imagine the "what ifs" of history.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had denied him his; he had denied me mine.

Wonderland was all we had in common, after all; Wonderland was what was denied the two of us. I had denied him his; he had denied me mine.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.

I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: What need was there for words, when we had just shared the sky?

What need was there for words, when we had just shared the sky?

Melanie Benjamin quotes: The moment before he started to suspect that there were punishments for those who dared to dream so big, to fly so high.

The moment before he started to suspect that there were punishments for those who dared to dream so big, to fly so high.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: I knew that no matter what I said, it would not be enough; when you're on the other side of the looking glass, nothing is as it seems.

I knew that no matter what I said, it would not be enough; when you're on the other side of the looking glass, nothing is as it seems.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get tired.

But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? It is. Only I do get tired.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: 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.

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.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: It was her style, that indefinable asset. It was said that the others had style but Babe was style.

It was her style, that indefinable asset. It was said that the others had style but Babe was style.

Marriage breeds its own special brand of loneliness, and it's far more cruel. You miss more, because you've known more.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Still, we all found it easier to love and admire him when he was gone. The

Still, we all found it easier to love and admire him when he was gone. The

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.

Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Would my son love me, when he was old enough to know what love meant?p 181

Would my son love me, when he was old enough to know what love meant?
p 181

Melanie Benjamin quotes: 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 by one.

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 by one.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: At times I couldn't recognize my own words, because I was still so often afraid in my life.

At times I couldn't recognize my own words, because I was still so often afraid in my life.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Despite all that I had taught, I had learned nothing about the world.

Despite all that I had taught, I had learned nothing about the world.

Melanie Benjamin quotes: Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.

Why were there so many barriers between us, always? Barriers of clothing, of etiquette, of time and age and reason.