Feel Quotes by Melina Marchetta

14 Feel quotes by Melina Marchetta

Melina Marchetta’s fourteen short reflections treat feeling with the same warmth that colors her novels. Though brief, each line offers a tender look at the nuances of emotion.

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Why do I feel like something's missing in my life without them and they don't feel the same about me?

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See them together and you will feel a force that will take your breath away.

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“Because I want to feel something other than this emotional crap”

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You can't think for other people. Nor can you feel for them or be them. They have to do that for themselves.

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And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is.…

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Sometimes I feel like a junkie. One minute something happens in my life and I'm flying. Next minute I take a nose-dive…

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I think I'm a bit in love with these girls. They make me feel giddy. Like I haven't a care in the…

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I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or…

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We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've…

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“I need to feel the earth beneath my feet, between my toes—the splinters, the bindi-eyes, the burning sensation of hot dirt, the…

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Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating…

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“You can't go around feeling too much", Captain Travanion had explained watching a moment to ensure the man was indeed dead. "Because…

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My body becomes a raft and there's this part of me that wants just literally to go with the flow. To close…

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“Maybe my guard was up all the time and she was reacting to that. But I wish she had seen through it…

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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.…

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I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.

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