In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have.… — 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… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had… — 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
“The king died last. They made him watch and what he did to those princesses and his queen I will never repeat… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“[Jonah Griggs] is similar to a hawke and a wolf and Will Trombal – he mates for life.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
When a woman has not received much flattery in her life, she will be seduced. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Just say after Wednesday we never see each-" "Don't" he says, angry. "Jonah, you live six hundred kilometres away from me," I… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness of… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Was. What does was actually mean? The verb to be. Past tense of is. Does it mean that someone is no longer… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“How can someone who made me look this happy no longer be in my life” — 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
“It becomes one of those defining moments in your life, when your mother does that” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Just say up on the hill is the meaning of life and someone knew it and they wanted everyone else to enjoy… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“He is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and it’s not about his face, but the life force I can… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying. "Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“She clutched him, her fingers digging in like she needed to gather parts of him to act as her own second skin… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Froi saw the rage in Arjuro’s eyes, his clenched fists. ‘If I could find the men who did those things to you… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
A home to come back to every day of their lives. Where they would all belong or long to be. A place… — 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
