Jane Mendelsohn > Quotes

“The spring came suddenly; the rains stopped, the days grew noticeably longer, and the afternoon light felt powdery, as if it might blow away.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

“There is no difference between being rescued and being captured.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

“He wanted his daughter's happiness more than anything but he saw that she was not destined primarily for happiness. She was too complicated for happiness.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, American Music

“A soldier's body is a work of art that contains his country's history.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, American Music

“I want to tell you everything without saying anything.” (118)”
― Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

“Here I am, alone again, alone but not completely by myself, alone without the freedom of not having to think about someone else”
― Jane Mendelsohn, I Was Amelia Earhart

“She flows with resistless force. And she carries beauty with her.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel

“Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time. —W. H. AUDEN, “The More Loving One”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel

“You have to keep going, he told her without saying it. He told her by showing her, by continuing to try. He let her know she would always have him, that he would always be there for her to talk to. You’ll see, his actions said, I am here for you.”
― Jane Mendelsohn, Burning Down the House: A novel