--- title: "8 Breathe Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "8 Breathe quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Breathe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_it-s-how-they-ve-stayed-popular-for-so-l_440370.png" --- > [It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-how-they-ve-stayed-popular-for-so-long-by-not-doing-anything/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_it-s-how-they-ve-stayed-popular-for-so-l_440370.png) > [“..I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-need-to-know-that-i-can-still-breathe-properly-when-he-s-not-around/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_i-need-to-know-that-i-can-still-breathe_1032926.png) > [“and without taking along a Cadet who will change the way I breathe for the rest of my life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-without-taking-along-a-cadet-who-will-change-the-way-i-breathe/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_and-without-taking-along-a-cadet-who-wil_1503760.png) > [He just watched the way Finnikin’s hands rested on Evanjalin’s neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-just-watched-the-way-finnikin-s-hands-rested-on-evanjalin-s-neck/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_he-just-watched-the-way-finnikin-s-hands_1789588.png) > [Oh God, Frankie, I breathe in rhythm with that man. You think that's not my flesh and blood after all these years?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/oh-god-frankie-i-breathe-in-rhythm-with-that-man-you-think-that-s-not/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/melina-marchetta-392_blood_oh-god-frankie-i-breathe-in-rhythm-with_2328338.png) > [you grab at any sign of hope. You grab it with both hands and breathe life into it, day after day. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-grab-at-any-sign-of-hope-you-grab-it-with-both-hands-and-breathe/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/melina-marchetta-392_alive_you-grab-at-any-sign-of-hope-you-grab-it_2871415.png) > [Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/do-you-think-i-don-t-want-him-to-be-gone-more-than-you-do-i-do/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_do-you-think-i-don-t-want-him-to-be-gone_2895043.png) > [“He could hardly breathe at the though of his son and Quintana in Sorel with no one to protect them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-could-hardly-breathe-at-the-though-of-his-son-and-quintana-in/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_he-could-hardly-breathe-at-the-though-of_3039594.png) ## Other authors on Breathe ## More by Melina Marchetta > [Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/some-of-us-weren-t-born-for-rewards-froi-we-were-born-for-sacrifices/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-m-very-disturbed-to-find-out-that-the-leader-of-the-townies-has-a/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/in-the-games-of-queens-and-kings-we-leave-our-dreams-at-the-door-and/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But I remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-then-you-came-along-and-you-spoke-to-me-and-nobody-had-looked-me/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/do-you-want-to-know-something-about-tyrants-when-faced-with-death/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [“you do that all the time you know. you ask me questions when you know the answer will piss you off. ask me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-do-that-all-the-time-you-know-you-ask-me-questions-when-you-know/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-need-voices-of-reason-and-of-hysteria-and-of-empathy-i-need-to-have/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/when-i-saw-ulysses-on-georgie-s-bedside-table-and-tom-finch-s-name/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/our-bodies-aren-t-strangers-he-said-his-voice-ragged-our-spirits-aren/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [Phaedra of Alonso’s death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/phaedra-of-alonso-s-death-was-a-never-ending-pain-that-gnawed-at-his/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-know-what-you-didn-t-do-anything-wrong-i-did-it-s-this-dumb-thing/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/everything-s-going-to-be-fine-she-ll-be-back-at-work-soon-let-s-just/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [See them together and you will feel a force that will take your breath away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/see-them-together-and-you-will-feel-a-force-that-will-take-your/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/we-don-t-even-love-each-other-i-do-a-bit-you-know-you-do-what-a-bit/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) > [I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-m-scared-i-m-going-to-spend-the-rest-of-my-life-in-a-state-of/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breathe/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "8 Breathe Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. 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