--- title: "19 Needs Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "19 Needs quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/melina-marchetta-392_children_it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t_716260.png" --- > [It's too late. Seventeen-year-olds don't need fathers. Oh god. I'm thirty-four years old and I need a father. I can't even begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t-need-fathers-oh-god-i-m/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/melina-marchetta-392_children_it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t_716260.png) > [Fifteen minutes later I was an expert. That's all you need. I think I was even getting the upper hand, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/fifteen-minutes-later-i-was-an-expert-that-s-all-you-need-i-think-i/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f49/melina-marchetta-392_experts_fifteen-minutes-later-i-was-an-expert-th_1402897.png) > [You blame me for this, don't you?" he says. "I don't need to. You're doing a better job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-blame-me-for-this-don-t-you-he-says-i-don-t-need-to-you-re-doing/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/melina-marchetta-392_better_you-blame-me-for-this-don-t-you-he-says_617381.png) > [There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/there-s-not-much-you-need-to-know-about-the-world-except-how-to-use-a/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/melina-marchetta-392_needs_there-s-not-much-you-need-to-know-about_324330.png) > [If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/if-i-want-more-i-need-to-go-and-get-it-demand-it-take-hold-of-it-with/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/melina-marchetta-392_demand_if-i-want-more-i-need-to-go-and-get-it-d_1753225.png) > [I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/857/melina-marchetta-392_advice_i-need-voices-of-reason-and-of-hysteria_25879.png) > [Oh, you're one of those,' the princess said. 'One of what?' 'One of those who needs to be told their worth over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/oh-you-re-one-of-those-the-princess-said-one-of-what-one-of-those-who/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/melina-marchetta-392_determine_oh-you-re-one-of-those-the-princess-said_414406.jpg) > [She's tired and leans her head on his shoulder, which is the resting place for all their heads, but when Justine and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/she-s-tired-and-leans-her-head-on-his-shoulder-which-is-the-resting/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/melina-marchetta-392_body_she-s-tired-and-leans-her-head-on-his-sh_2048034.png) > [All I need to understand is the unwritten law of warriors," he said firmly. "And women and children are never sent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/all-i-need-to-understand-is-the-unwritten-law-of-warriors-he-said/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/melina-marchetta-392_children_all-i-need-to-understand-is-the-unwritte_1442424.jpg) > [Balthazar pledged to die defending his royal house of Lumuatere. Finnikin swore to be their protector and guide for as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/balthazar-pledged-to-die-defending-his-royal-house-of-lumuatere/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a27/melina-marchetta-392_balthazar_balthazar-pledged-to-die-defending-his-r_2942156.png) > [Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/don-t-let-anyone-take-care-of-you-can-you-maybe-leave-that-for-me-to/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fb/melina-marchetta-392_care_don-t-let-anyone-take-care-of-you-can-yo_1997252.png) > [Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/hannah-do-you-think-that-your-mum-and-dad-and-tate-s-mum-and-dad-and/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/melina-marchetta-392_answers_hannah-do-you-think-that-your-mum-and-da_2907339.jpg) > [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) > [Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/men-don-t-rape-women-because-their-women-are-ugly-cousin-jostien-said/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/melina-marchetta-392_cousin_men-don-t-rape-women-because-their-women_1120149.jpg) > [My body becomes a raft and there's this part of me that wants just literally to go with the flow. To close…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/my-body-becomes-a-raft-and-there-s-this-part-of-me-that-wants-just/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/melina-marchetta-392_body_my-body-becomes-a-raft-and-there-s-this_1109989.png) > [And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-life-goes-on-which-seems-kind-of-strange-and-cruel-when-you-re-3/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/melina-marchetta-392_abundance_and-life-goes-on-which-seems-kind-of-str_2958712.jpg) > [“Guess what?' Fitz said. 'I don't know,' Jude said. 'What? Narnie smiled?' He glanced at her for the first time. 'When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/guess-what-fitz-said-i-don-t-know-jude-said-what-narnie-smiled-he/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/melina-marchetta-392_faces_guess-what-fitz-said-i-don-t-know-jude-s_1108590.jpg) > [It's a weird smile, but it reaches his eyes and I bottle it. And I put it in my ammo pack that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-a-weird-smile-but-it-reaches-his-eyes-and-i-bottle-it-and-i-put/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/melina-marchetta-392_able_it-s-a-weird-smile-but-it-reaches-his-ey_702900.png) > [Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/do-you-think-i-don-t-want-him-to-be-gone-more-than-you-do-i-do/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_do-you-think-i-don-t-want-him-to-be-gone_2895043.png) ## Other authors on Needs ## 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/needs/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "19 Needs Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's too late. Seventeen-year-olds don't need fathers. Oh god. I'm thirty-four years old and I need a father. 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