I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
A kiss is the prize?’ he asked sadly. ‘Even more than giving me the rest of you? It should be the other… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness of… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
...women are elephants and watch the way you say that in front of them because they'll think you're calling them fat and… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
He takes out a cigarette and offers one to me. "I try not to indulge. It's a filthy habit," I tell him.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Froi heard Zabat's voice echo over and over again throughout the gorge. Wonderful. The gods had found a way of multiplying the… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I'm beginning to realize that things don't turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don't they can… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I just want it to go back to the way it was." "It'll never go back to the way it was, Frankie.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The music department is going to do a musical next year," he tells me, rolling his eyes like I would. Justine is… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
He watched as Finnikin swung onto the horse, his sleeve stained with blood. Froi liked the way Finnikin reached behind him and… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
She could have dropped you both off. whar's the worst she can do? cry hysterically?"the gears on the ute get stuck at… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
He just watched the way Finnikin’s hands rested on Evanjalin’s neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I look over to the other side of the road and watch Griggs as he walks. It’s a lazy walk but so… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The idea that God works in mysterious ways is rubbish. There’s nothing mysterious about his ways. They’re premeditated and slightly conniving, and… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
For reasons he couldn’t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other… — 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
Everything hurts, every single thing including the weight of him and I'm crying because it hurts and he's telling me he's sorry… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Best way to find the weakness of the enemy is to understand their ways. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
It’s Tolstoy, by the way,” I say as I open the door. He turns around. “What?” Shut up, I tell myself. Shut… — 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
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
He knows no other way but ugliness,” Sir Topher said quietly. “He was taught no other lessons but those of force. 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
