“It becomes one of those defining moments in your life, when your mother does that” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Froi thought for a moment. “I never imagined I was looking for something in a woman. But if I did, I’d have… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Not about the Japanese, but about moments of perfection. commit it to memory and make good use of it.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“I like looking at his face when he speaks. Sometimes he spit, actually he spits all the time, but I think that's… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those… — 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
I can't wait to tell him one day," she says with a giggle. "'Hey, Chaz, guess what? We knew where your precious… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Each day, at the same time, Jude would return and they would be there, led by Webb, whose life could not have… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Living is the challenge. Not dying. Dying is so easy. Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to die. But living? That can… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
For a moment I can't help thinking how decent he is - that there's some hope for him beyond the obnoxious image… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“From the stage Ben catches my eye. "This is for them, Taylor," he calls out as they begin to play. It's a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again? — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“There’s a moment in [Anne of Green Gables] where Anne Shirley (great character) […] is in the same classroom as Gilbert Blythe… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Memory is a funny thing. It tricks you into believing that you've forgotten important moments, and then when you're raking your brain… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“What is she like? Evanjalin of the Monts?' he asked. Finnikin thought for a moment. 'Strong. In here,' he said, thumping his… — 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
