--- title: "4 Frightened Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "4 Frightened quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Frightened sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/melina-marchetta-392_frightened_but-what-if-i-don-t-she-argued-i-don-t-k_926063.png" --- > [“But what if I don't?" she argued. "I don't know him. How can I love one that I don't know? I'm frightened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/but-what-if-i-don-t-she-argued-i-don-t-know-him-how-can-i-love-one/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07f/melina-marchetta-392_frightened_but-what-if-i-don-t-she-argued-i-don-t-k_926063.png) > [“When they began their ascent, Froi heard the beauty of the Priestking’s voice across the land, and the song inside Froi that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/when-they-began-their-ascent-froi-heard-the-beauty-of-the-priestking/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/472/melina-marchetta-392_beauty_when-they-began-their-ascent-froi-heard_1053998.jpg) > [I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-m-frightened-that-one-morning-there-will-not-be-enough-to-keep-me/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/melina-marchetta-392_enough_i-m-frightened-that-one-morning-there-wi_2723777.png) > [We spoke about our dreams and how we always felt safe in them, no matter how bad everthing else seemed. He told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/we-spoke-about-our-dreams-and-how-we-always-felt-safe-in-them-no/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/396/melina-marchetta-392_best-day_we-spoke-about-our-dreams-and-how-we-alw_2933698.png) ## Other authors on Frightened ## 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/frightened/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "4 Frightened Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But what if I don't?\" she argued. \"I don't know him. How can I love one that I don't know? I'm frightened to see him. 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