“Just 'Your mother.'" But it doesn't work if girls say it to each other," she continues. "You have to have a penis… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“It becomes one of those defining moments in your life, when your mother does that” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
So, like I asked, what’s with the nightie?” “It smells like what I always think mothers smell like,” I tell him honestly,… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God,… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and… — 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
I´d read fantasy if they had simple names like Jane and Bob from Wagga," I say. "Why does it have to be… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
My old school, St Stella’s, only goes to Year Ten and most of my friends now go to Pius Senior College, but… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Don't you ever touch my car again," Santangelo says with the same fury he had on his face when Jonah Griggs made… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
My mother, unlike yours, never exchanged sexual favors for a piece of silver," he said, addressing the first insult by banging the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an… — 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
