--- title: "20 Made Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "20 Made quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Made sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/melina-marchetta-392_judging_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_606774.png" --- > [You're judging her by her literacy," Tara says. "You're a literacist." "You've made that up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara-says-you-re-a-literacist-you/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/melina-marchetta-392_judging_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_606774.png) > [Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncovered-and-every-secret-will-be/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/melina-marchetta-392_covered_whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncov_635995.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/melina-marchetta-392_cottages_phaedra-of-alonso-s-death-was-a-never-en_41941.png) > [His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/his-father-s-made-us-paint-half-this-town-and-if-we-stick-around-any/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/melina-marchetta-392_artist_his-father-s-made-us-paint-half-this-tow_235992.png) > [She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/she-made-a-sound-of-regret-we-come-second-you-and-i-luc-ien-she-said/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/melina-marchetta-392_allegiance_she-made-a-sound-of-regret-we-come-secon_1983051.png) > [then she was laughing. They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and-the-savage-teeth-were-the/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/melina-marchetta-392_chance_then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and_688057.jpg) > [Don't you ever touch my car again," Santangelo says with the same fury he had on his face when Jonah Griggs made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/don-t-you-ever-touch-my-car-again-santangelo-says-with-the-same-fury/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/melina-marchetta-392_car_don-t-you-ever-touch-my-car-again-santan_3224676.png) > [But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/but-then-froi-looked-back-to-where-his-work-lay-unfinished-and-it/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a0/melina-marchetta-392_earth_but-then-froi-looked-back-to-where-his-w_2833578.jpg) > [He watched as Finnikin swung onto the horse, his sleeve stained with blood. Froi liked the way Finnikin reached behind him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-watched-as-finnikin-swung-onto-the-horse-his-sleeve-stained-with/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_he-watched-as-finnikin-swung-onto-the-ho_1525532.png) > [Lucian was beginning to get used to hearing her small observations at night. More than anything, he realized he liked her voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/lucian-was-beginning-to-get-used-to-hearing-her-small-observations-at/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/melina-marchetta-392_dark_lucian-was-beginning-to-get-used-to-hear_3050991.png) > [A piece of me is gone," she told me once while we were bra shopping. "I think we're made up of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/a-piece-of-me-is-gone-she-told-me-once-while-we-were-bra-shopping-i/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/melina-marchetta-392_bras_a-piece-of-me-is-gone-she-told-me-once-w_2387070.jpg) > [You're judging her by her literacy,' Tara says. 'You're a literacist.' 'You've made that up.' Thomas Mackee packs up his stuff and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara-says-you-re-a-literacist-you-2/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/melina-marchetta-392_chicks_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_2127233.png) > [And through all the misery, she said that some of us in this lifetime experience a moment of beauty beyond reckoning. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-through-all-the-misery-she-said-that-some-of-us-in-this-lifetime/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a5/melina-marchetta-392_beauty_and-through-all-the-misery-she-said-that_964987.png) > [My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted. It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/my-father-took-one-hundred-and-thirty-two-minutes-to-die-i-counted-it-2/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de8/melina-marchetta-392_asking_my-father-took-one-hundred-and-thirty-tw_656140.png) > [Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/once-she-made-him-watch-pride-and-prejudice-and-for-ages-he-would-re/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/melina-marchetta-392_age_once-she-made-him-watch-pride-and-prejud_159177.jpg) > [Coffee?" Santangelo calls down to us. We both look up. He,Ben, and Raffy are hanging over the side. "Is it espresso?" Anson…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-both-look-up-he-ben-and-raffy/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/melina-marchetta-392_aim_coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-bo_672789.png) > [And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/melina-marchetta-392_changed_and-then-you-came-along-and-you-spoke-to_15221.jpg) > [ It's not that I like you least \[...\] it's that I feared you most. The reginita taught me to like you. There… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-not-that-i-like-you-least-it-s-that-i-feared-you-most-the/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/melina-marchetta-392_feared_it-s-not-that-i-like-you-least-it-s-that_933139.png) > [Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/play-me-something-that-makes-me-feel-this-soul-inside-me-is-made-of/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/melina-marchetta-392_ache_play-me-something-that-makes-me-feel-thi_1372465.png) > [Teresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing?" Raffy says in an irritated voice. "It's war. You go in and you hunt him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/teresa-teresa-have-we-taught-you-nothing-raffy-says-in-an-irritated/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/melina-marchetta-392_failure_teresa-teresa-have-we-taught-you-nothing_2053419.jpg) ## Other authors on Made ## 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/made/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "20 Made Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You're judging her by her literacy,\" Tara says. \"You're a literacist.\" \"You've made that up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara-says-you-re-a-literacist-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/melina-marchetta-392_judging_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_606774.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/melina-marchetta-392_judging_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_606774.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbb/melina-marchetta-392_judging_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_606774.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're judging her by her literacy,\" Tara says. \"You're a literacist.\" \"You've made that up.” — Melina Marchetta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncovered-and-every-secret-will-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/melina-marchetta-392_covered_whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncov_635995.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/melina-marchetta-392_covered_whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncov_635995.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/melina-marchetta-392_covered_whatever-is-now-covered-up-will-be-uncov_635995.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.” — Melina Marchetta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Phaedra of Alonso’s death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. 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They both were, and the savage teeth were the most joyous sight Phaedra had seen for a long time. It was as if they were dancing. There it was. Suddenly the strangeness of Quintana of Charyn's face made sense. Because it was a face meant for laughing, but it had never been given a chance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and-the-savage-teeth-were-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/melina-marchetta-392_chance_then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and_688057.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/melina-marchetta-392_chance_then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and_688057.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/melina-marchetta-392_chance_then-she-was-laughing-they-both-were-and_688057.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“then she was laughing. 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'You're a literacist.' 'You've made that up.' Thomas Mackee packs up his stuff and stands up. 'You chicks give me the shits,' he says. 'You, on the other hand, brighten up our day,' I tell him. 'We all regard you as a god.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara-says-you-re-a-literacist-you-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/melina-marchetta-392_chicks_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_2127233.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/melina-marchetta-392_chicks_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_2127233.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/melina-marchetta-392_chicks_you-re-judging-her-by-her-literacy-tara_2127233.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You're judging her by her literacy,' Tara says. 'You're a literacist.' 'You've made that up.' 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His mum made them.\" Griggs gets up and holds out a hand to me. \"Truce.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-both-look-up-he-ben-and-raffy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/melina-marchetta-392_aim_coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-bo_672789.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/melina-marchetta-392_aim_coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-bo_672789.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/melina-marchetta-392_aim_coffee-santangelo-calls-down-to-us-we-bo_672789.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Coffee?\" Santangelo calls down to us. We both look up. 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