“He held her against him and for once he understood what she had felt every day that he had known her” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
She gently placed his hand against the beating pulse of her heart. Always, always it beat out of control, and he held… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
How seven days had passed since she had disappeared from existence. That it would take the eyes of the gods to find… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And it was this image that was stamped on the hearts and minds of all who were present that day. Of Froi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Maybe she'd always been there. Maybe strangers enter your heart first and then you spent the rest of your life searching for… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Despite her ability to enjoy most of their days, sometimes her despair was so great that, in a melancholy moment when she'd… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Froi saw the foolishness of dreamers, and he decided he'd like to die so foolish. With a dream in his heart about… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Sometimes Thomas Mackee will stick an earphone into my ear and ask me to listen to a song. When I get over… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“She told him that from this angle the treetops looked like cauliflower and she had once heard them beckon her to jump,… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d spent the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Maybe my guard was up all the time and she was reacting to that. But I wish she had seen through it… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The head nerd of the Cadets is my partner and when it's over he asks me for my number. I'm very flattered… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develop a bit of a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But I remember… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
“you do that all the time you know. you ask me questions when you know the answer will piss you off. ask me a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
“When I saw "Ulysses" on Georgie's bedside table and Tom Finch's name written on it in a scrawl so like my old man's, I… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
“Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
Phaedra of Alonso’s death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
You know what? You didn't do anything wrong. I did. It's this dumb thing I do. I look into things and see more than… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
Everything's going to be fine. She'll be back at work soon. Let's just keep the house clean." Oh yeah, I want to say, because… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
See them together and you will feel a force that will take your breath away. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
We don't even love each other. I do a bit, you know. You do what a bit? You know. Like you...whatever...love you a bit.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share
