“I can’t and won’t write without hope. I’d rather never write again.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
you grab at any sign of hope. You grab it with both hands and breathe life into it, day after day. You… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Sir Topher finally looked up. “Because any hope beyond that, my boy, would be too much. I feared we would drown in… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I heard your song the moment we were born. And years later, it dragged me back from the lake of the half-dead… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“He took her face in his bloody hands. "I’ll come and find you wherever you are. I’ll not stop breathing until I… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
For a moment I can't help thinking how decent he is - that there's some hope for him beyond the obnoxious image… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“You're going to go living. Because living is the challenge, Josie. Dying is so easy. Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Most times he knew there was no hope for Arjuro and Gargarin and Lirah and De Lancey. Too much pain in the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“She bewitches you," Trevanion said. "And she is yours for the taking. Any fool can see that. So take her and get… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“He took her face in his bloody hands. 'I'll come and find you wherever you are. I'll not stop breathing until I… — 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
