“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“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, Alice I Have Been“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, Alice I Have Been“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, Alice I Have Been“Would my son love me, when he was old enough to know what love meant?p 181”
Melanie Benjamin, The Aviator's Wife“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, The Swans of Fifth Avenue