"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."

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Source : Melanie Benjamin (2010). “Alice I Have Been: A Novel”, p.287, Delacorte Press

Melanie Benjamin

#Responsibility Quotes #Burden Quotes #Feels Quotes

“The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.”
“In case of emergency, do whatever your best friends tell you to do!”

Source : "Monique Coleman". www.seventeen.com. July 31, 2007.
“I like living, breathing better than working...my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it's a sort of constant euphoria.”
“So I played the acoustic guitar and harmonica and stomped my foot and I think I was right in assuming that Greenwich Village would be the best place to perform my own material and possibly get some attention, move on to making records and all.”
“Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.”
“Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.”
“As the moon's fair image quaketh In the raging waves of ocean, Whilst she, in the vault of heaven, Moves with silent peaceful motion.”
“It's really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights - all those things - are one and the same.”

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