“Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.” — John Marsden Death Copy Share Image
We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies. — John Marsden Butterflies Copy Share Image
Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does. — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“Chris says his father was born on the corner of straight and narrow...” — John Marsden Humor Copy Share Image
“It'd be funny if one of them was called Gavin. Funny but irrelevant.” — John Marsden Funny Copy Share Image
“I wondered how long an adult could talk to a kid without using the word "but." About forty seconds'd be the record… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“I don't want them hanging a double murder on me. It wouldn't look good on my school record.” — John Marsden Murder Copy Share Image
Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend. — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“I felt that my life was permanently damaged, that I could never be normal again, that the rest of my life would… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“Being brave is a choice you make. You've got to say to yourself: I'm going to think brave. I refuse to think… — John Marsden Anxiety Copy Share Image
It's good to keep changing your mind. It shows you're thinking. I'll only stop changing my mind when I'm dead. And maybe… — John Marsden Changing mind Copy Share Image
“Homer was so used to being told off in his life that you might as well have told a rock off for… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
At that age you think boys have as much personality as coat hangers and, you don't notice their looks. Then you grow… — John Marsden Age Copy Share Image
My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me,… — John Marsden Heart Copy Share Image
“People, shadows, good, bad, Heaven, Hell: all of these were names, labels, that was all. Humans had created these opposites: Nature recognised… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“If people are either mountain people or ocean people then I'm a mountain person. I love the ocean, the few times I… — John Marsden Ocean Copy Share Image
“A bad black horse steals Steals into my head And moves across the landscape Of my mind, while I sleep. He does… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“I guess our fate is up to us now. And we’ve been there before, of course. There’s something quite comforting about it… — John Marsden Comforting Copy Share Image
This is the most complicated relationship since Romeo and Juliet," she complained. "You're both hopeless. I mean, what is the big problem?… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“A farm is just an accumulation of stories really. Same with people... "A farmer's footsteps are the best fertiliser," Dad used to… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff… — John Marsden Calm Copy Share Image
“I remember Robyn saying once ‘Talking about yourself can be selfish or generous’. When I asked what she meant, she said: ‘If… — John Marsden Friendship Copy Share Image
Life's about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It's about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger,… — John Marsden Best way Copy Share Image
Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by… — John Marsden Beach Copy Share Image
Writing is not a job or activity. Nor do I sit at a desk writing for inspiration to strike. Writing is like… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm dropping such a long way down again." "I seem to be dropping into a cold dark wet place,… — John Marsden Cease to exist Copy Share Image
“Why did people call it Hell?" I wondered. [...] No place was Hell, no place could be Hell. It's the people calling… — John Marsden Hell Copy Share Image
“That night in bed I was thinking about the way creeks and streams operate. They start off little, gurgling and bubbling and… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
Oh, Homer! You don't have to play dumb anymore! You're not at school now. — John Marsden Copy Share Image
The world was quickly forgetting us. And there was little news to report. — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“The Spice Girl morality is the morality of the three-year-old.” — John Marsden Character Copy Share Image
![“Why did people call it Hell?" I wondered. [...] No place was Hell, no place could be Hell. It's the people calling it Hell, that's the only thing that made it so. People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly anymore. [...] No, Hell wasn't anything to do with…” quote by John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2e4/john-marsden-3782_hell_why-did-people-call-it-hell-i-wondered-n_786530.png)
