Quotes from Melanie Benjamin

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

I see things beyond what other people see. I am always looking for hidden corners and closets of a life that I feel aren't explored either by the person who lived it or the people writing about it.

What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all exactly twenty-four hours. There's quite a lot we don't know about them.

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

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.