--- title: "9 One day Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "9 One day quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more One day sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/melina-marchetta-392_finally_one-day-came-because-finally-i-understoo_2605753.png" --- > [One day" came. Because finally I understood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/one-day-came-because-finally-i-understood/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/melina-marchetta-392_finally_one-day-came-because-finally-i-understoo_2605753.png) > [I ran away one day. He was running in the same direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-ran-away-one-day-he-was-running-in-the-same-direction/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/melina-marchetta-392_direction_i-ran-away-one-day-he-was-running-in-the_3170653.png) > [I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself...I'll run to be emancipated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-ll-run-one-day-run-for-my-life-to-be-free-and-think-for-myself-i-ll/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/melina-marchetta-392_free_i-ll-run-one-day-run-for-my-life-to-be-f_3014857.png) > [So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around?" Jellicoe Road](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/so-why-would-i-want-someone-to-be-my-everything-when-one-day-they-2/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_so-why-would-i-want-someone-to-be-my-eve_1190819.png) > [But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/but-you-re-almost-eighteen-you-re-old-enough-everyone-else-is-doing/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/melina-marchetta-392_children_but-you-re-almost-eighteen-you-re-old-en_2913558.png) > [Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/phaedra-shook-her-head-if-your-people-mean-no-offense-they-should-not/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/melina-marchetta-392_careless_phaedra-shook-her-head-if-your-people-me_62855.jpg) > [You don't die. You just... get really angry and then after you're angry you hurt a lot and then the best thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-don-t-die-you-just-get-really-angry-and-then-after-you-re-angry/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/melina-marchetta-392_angry_you-don-t-die-you-just-get-really-angry_1706798.png) > [I can't wait to tell him one day," she says with a giggle. "'Hey, Chaz, guess what? We knew where your precious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-says-with-a-giggle-hey-chaz/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-say_2161823.jpg) > [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) ## Other authors on One day ## 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/one-day/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "9 One day Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One day\" came. 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