This is what I know. I look like my father. My father disappeared when he was seventeen years old. Hannah once told… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“I met this boy here who I knew as a kid and his mum left him with a pedophile for two weeks… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“And secondly, losing your virginity doesn't make you a slut. I slept with your father when I was your age. . .… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Maybe my guard was up all the time and she was reacting to that. But I wish she had seen through it… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Lucian's father had warned him to fear idle men. Without the pride gained from a good day's work, they were left to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“I belong to queen and country first," he said after a while, "but I am his father, Isaboe. You will have to… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
You can know someone all your life, like your parents or family, but I’ll tell you this, Ned. There’s an expression on… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Despite the voice in his head that says he doesn’t want anything that’s owed to his father, Tom can’t wait to get… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Don't you ever touch my car again," Santangelo says with the same fury he had on his face when Jonah Griggs made… — 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
