If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I hope you're not smoking in front of her,' Lucia says to him. 'Yeah, I lie in bed and puff in her… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who… — 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
The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I walk down the steps of the verandah towards her and with shaking hands she holds my face between them, sobbing, "Look… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The string slices into the skin of his fingers and no matter how tough the calluses, it tears. But this beat is… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Guess what?' Fitz said. 'I don't know,' Jude said. 'What? Narnie smiled?' He glanced at her for the first time. 'When you… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I can't wait to tell him one day," she says with a giggle. "'Hey, Chaz, guess what? We knew where your precious… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The music department is going to do a musical next year," he tells me, rolling his eyes like I would. Justine is… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Do you think you should warn him (the guard) that I'm going to kiss you?" He loved the flush that appeared on… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again? — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me… — 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
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
What happens when she's not my memory anymore? What happens when she's not around to tell me about his belt leaving scars… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I've been waiting for you all night and day,' she said. Froi shivered. He realised that the words came from Quintana the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
You can know someone all your life, like your parents or family, but I’ll tell you this, Ned. There’s an expression on… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
