“The Spice Girl morality is the morality of the three-year-old.” — John Marsden Character Copy Share Image
Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does. — John Marsden Doe Copy Share Image
Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead. — John Marsden Drowsy Copy Share Image
“We'll never feel safe again, and so it's bye-bye innocence. It's been nice knowing you, but you're gone now.” — John Marsden Gone Copy Share Image
“They weren't necessarily soldiers, but you didn't have to be soldiers to be affected by it all.” — John Marsden Soldiers Copy Share Image
“Anyway, I should have known better about the roses. Whatever Mum planted grew eventually. Take me for instance.” — John Marsden Flower Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is like gastro: it goes through your whole system and makes you shitty.” — John Marsden Cynicism 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
“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
“I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think… — John Marsden Kindness Copy Share Image
When you're scared you can either give in to the panic and let your mind fall apart, or you can take charge… — John Marsden Anxiety Copy Share Image
I'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I… — John Marsden Bigs Copy Share Image
They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed… — John Marsden Amazed Copy Share Image
“You're the most important person in my life," I said. He didn't say anything. "You're my brother," I said. He didn't say… — John Marsden Brother Copy Share Image
I knew I was breaking about a dozen laws but I guess I had different attitudes to stuff like that since the… — John Marsden Attitude Copy Share Image
“I guess you can't live at full-on intensity forever. Lying on the bed of my cell in the dark, trembling, waiting for… — John Marsden Human spirit Copy Share Image
“When it's all said and done, the only thing that matter in life are so damn simple. Family, friends. being safe and… — John Marsden Family friends 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 Feels 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
It seems like suffering's the only time we can see what's essential. If peace ever comes back I'm making a vow: I'll… — John Marsden Beautiful Copy Share Image
“"And suddenly they came out of the woodwork. I don't actually know what that expression means. What come out of the wood… — John Marsden Rhetorical Copy Share Image
“Mr. Lindell's English classes are meant to make you think I guess about yourself and people and everything. Some of the kids… — John Marsden English class 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 Happiness Copy Share Image
Pale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if… — John Marsden Doe Copy Share Image
“I remembered Robyn telling me the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and how they'd survived: when the King chucked them in… — John Marsden Angel Copy Share Image
So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it… — John Marsden Bigs Copy Share Image
“You can never stay angry too long in the bush though. At least, that's what I think. It's not that it's soothing… — John Marsden Bush 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 Good day Copy Share Image
“Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they're a curse.” — John Marsden Feelings Copy Share Image
“In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” — John Marsden Kindness 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 Heaven hell 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 Farm Copy Share Image
