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> [According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/according-to-dickens-the-first-rule-of-human-nature-is-self/)

[Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/)

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> [He takes out a cigarette and offers one to me. "I try not to indulge. It's a filthy habit," I tell him.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-takes-out-a-cigarette-and-offers-one-to-me-i-try-not-to-indulge-it/)

[Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/)

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> [They separate us into groups. The Ringleaders and the Others. I belong to the Ringleaders because my weak, pathetic, traitorous, fundamentally base…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/they-separate-us-into-groups-the-ringleaders-and-the-others-i-belong/)

[Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/)

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## Other authors on Pathetic

## 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/)

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