--- title: "4 Grieving Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "4 Grieving quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Grieving sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/melina-marchetta-392_begging_if-something-happened-to-me-whose-face-w_1114220.png" --- > [If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/if-something-happened-to-me-whose-face-will-be-on-the-front-page-of/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/melina-marchetta-392_begging_if-something-happened-to-me-whose-face-w_1114220.png) > [But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/but-grieving-people-are-selfish-they-won-t-let-you-comfort-them-and/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/melina-marchetta-392_comfort_but-grieving-people-are-selfish-they-won_1697664.jpg) > [Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/is-a-person-worth-more-because-they-have-someone-to-grieve-for-them/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/melina-marchetta-392_grieve_is-a-person-worth-more-because-they-have_2445221.png) > [You've been quiet these past days," Trevanion said. "Are you going to tell me what the...exchange of words was about?" "Who said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-ve-been-quiet-these-past-days-trevanion-said-are-you-going-to/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/melina-marchetta-392_fall_you-ve-been-quiet-these-past-days-trevan_2972107.jpg) ## Other authors on Grieving - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-colmes-10284.jpg) Ranata Suzuki 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/ranata-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/william-shakespeare/) - [Mark Twain 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-elisabeth-kubler-ross-1892.jpg) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/elisabeth-kubler-ross/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-dessen-83191.jpg) Sarah Dessen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sarah-dessen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sheryl-sandberg-84955.jpg) Sheryl Sandberg 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/sheryl-sandberg/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rumi-81702.jpg) Rumi 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/rumi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-doty-64139.jpg) Mark Doty 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/mark-doty/) - [Judy Tatelbaum 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/judy-tatelbaum/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-lamott-13804.jpg) Anne Lamott 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grieving/anne-lamott/) ## 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/grieving/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "4 Grieving Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? 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