“You can never stay angry too long in the bush though. At least, that's what I think. It's not that it's soothing… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“People, shadows, good, bad, Heaven, Hell: all of these were names, labels, that was all. Humans had created these opposites: Nature recognised… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
All these words, words like 'evil' and 'vicious', they meant nothing to Nature. Yes, evil was a human invention. — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think I'm attacking… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it evil, the… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“We'll never feel safe again, and so it's bye-bye innocence. It's been nice knowing you, but you're gone now.” — John Marsden Copy Share Image
My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me, I guess.… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“Life’s about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It’s about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love,… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“I lay there with my mind running amuck, on the brink of madness. And somehow, gradually, early Sunday morning, I became calm. I can't… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“There’s life in his face again. It occurs to me that this is the best thing I could have done, it’s actually a great… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
Life's about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It's about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love,… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“It'd be funny if one of them was called Gavin. Funny but irrelevant.” — John Marsden Copy Share Image
When you're scared you can either give in to the panic and let your mind fall apart, or you can take charge of your… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
