Amelia's Shadow Quotes

“If only the derby organizers had allowed us to use the aerial maps to which we are accustomed, I think. But no, they’d deemed such materials “too complicated” for women to rely upon for our transcontinental air race.”
― Marie Benedict, Amelia's Shadow

“I told him the truth. That I don't love him, and I don't believe in the institution of marriage in any event. That I believe partners should be equals, and husbands and wives are anything but.”
― Marie Benedict, Amelia's Shadow

“loud bang breaks the silence of my childhood home, too quiet now since my mother has passed. I’d silently wished away her nagging so frequently that those thoughts became second nature, but now, I’d have given anything to hear her critique my unconventional life, to listen to her sigh and long for a suitable husband to cross my path. The house echoes mournfully without her, and I understand now she issued judgments as an attempt to keep me safe in a world that has little tolerance for a woman who’s different. A world that now seems empty without her, save for flying and Amelia.”
― Marie Benedict, Amelia's Shadow