--- title: "27 Way Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "27 Way quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-th_2545355.png" --- > [Maybe memories should be left the way they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-they-are/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-th_2545355.png) > [Don't believe in God. Love the world just the way it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/don-t-believe-in-god-love-the-world-just-the-way-it-is/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/melina-marchetta-392_believe_don-t-believe-in-god-love-the-world-just_847986.png) > [Best way to find the weakness of the enemy is to understand their ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/best-way-to-find-the-weakness-of-the-enemy-is-to-understand-their-ways/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/melina-marchetta-392_enemy_best-way-to-find-the-weakness-of-the-ene_2398316.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-m-beginning-to-realize-that-things-don-t-turn-out-the-way-you-want/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/535/melina-marchetta-392_better_i-m-beginning-to-realize-that-things-don_1059824.png) > [And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-being-that-happy-makes-me-feel-guilty-because-i-shouldn-t-be-not/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/melina-marchetta-392_dare_and-being-that-happy-makes-me-feel-guilt_1760179.png) > [I look over to the other side of the road and watch Griggs as he walks. It’s a lazy walk but so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-look-over-to-the-other-side-of-the-road-and-watch-griggs-as-he/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_i-look-over-to-the-other-side-of-the-roa_1817654.png) > [I just want it to go back to the way it was." "It'll never go back to the way it was, Frankie.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-just-want-it-to-go-back-to-the-way-it-was-it-ll-never-go-back-to/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/melina-marchetta-392_forward_i-just-want-it-to-go-back-to-the-way-it_1152899.png) > [Froi heard Zabat's voice echo over and over again throughout the gorge. Wonderful. The gods had found a way of multiplying the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/froi-heard-zabat-s-voice-echo-over-and-over-again-throughout-the/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/melina-marchetta-392_echoes_froi-heard-zabat-s-voice-echo-over-and-o_849396.png) > [It’s Tolstoy, by the way,” I say as I open the door. He turns around. “What?” Shut up, I tell myself. Shut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-tolstoy-by-the-way-i-say-as-i-open-the-door-he-turns-around-what/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/melina-marchetta-392_anna_it-s-tolstoy-by-the-way-i-say-as-i-open_2546364.jpg) > [He just watched the way Finnikin’s hands rested on Evanjalin’s neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-just-watched-the-way-finnikin-s-hands-rested-on-evanjalin-s-neck/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/melina-marchetta-392_breathe_he-just-watched-the-way-finnikin-s-hands_1789588.png) > [I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-would-rather-die-than-ever-see-you-suffering-this-way-i-don-t-want/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/melina-marchetta-392_children_i-would-rather-die-than-ever-see-you-suf_160002.jpg) > [Don't you ever touch my car again," Santangelo says with the same fury he had on his face when Jonah Griggs made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/don-t-you-ever-touch-my-car-again-santangelo-says-with-the-same-fury/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/melina-marchetta-392_car_don-t-you-ever-touch-my-car-again-santan_3224676.png) > [A kiss is the prize?’ he asked sadly. ‘Even more than giving me the rest of you? It should be the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even-more-than-giving-me-the-rest/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/melina-marchetta-392_courting_a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even_373261.png) > [He watched as Finnikin swung onto the horse, his sleeve stained with blood. Froi liked the way Finnikin reached behind him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-watched-as-finnikin-swung-onto-the-horse-his-sleeve-stained-with/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e8/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_he-watched-as-finnikin-swung-onto-the-ho_1525532.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) > [Is your queen what you are searching for in a woman, Froi?" "I never imagined I was looking for something in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/is-your-queen-what-you-are-searching-for-in-a-woman-froi-i-never/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/melina-marchetta-392_friendship_is-your-queen-what-you-are-searching-for_3001292.png) > [She could have dropped you both off. whar's the worst she can do? cry hysterically?"the gears on the ute get stuck at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/she-could-have-dropped-you-both-off-whar-s-the-worst-she-can-do-cry/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/melina-marchetta-392_bunch_she-could-have-dropped-you-both-off-whar_1656656.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/everything-hurts-every-single-thing-including-the-weight-of-him-and-i/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/102/melina-marchetta-392_cry_everything-hurts-every-single-thing-incl_2200570.png) > [Memory is a funny thing. It tricks you into believing that you've forgotten important moments, and then when you're raking your brain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-into-believing-that-you-ve/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/melina-marchetta-392_believe_memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-in_2690729.jpg) > [You can know someone all your life, like your parents or family, but I’ll tell you this, Ned. There’s an expression on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/you-can-know-someone-all-your-life-like-your-parents-or-family-but-i/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/melina-marchetta-392_brother_you-can-know-someone-all-your-life-like_2667879.jpg) > [The music department is going to do a musical next year," he tells me, rolling his eyes like I would. Justine is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/the-music-department-is-going-to-do-a-musical-next-year-he-tells-me/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/melina-marchetta-392_arms_the-music-department-is-going-to-do-a-mu_1469278.jpg) > [He knows no other way but ugliness,” Sir Topher said quietly. “He was taught no other lessons but those of force. His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/he-knows-no-other-way-but-ugliness-sir-topher-said-quietly-he-was/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbb/melina-marchetta-392_animal_he-knows-no-other-way-but-ugliness-sir-t_2922369.png) > [The idea that God works in mysterious ways is rubbish. There’s nothing mysterious about his ways. They’re premeditated and slightly conniving, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/the-idea-that-god-works-in-mysterious-ways-is-rubbish-there-s-nothing/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/melina-marchetta-392_conniving_the-idea-that-god-works-in-mysterious-wa_1856540.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/634/melina-marchetta-392_analogies_he-takes-out-a-cigarette-and-offers-one_779486.png) > [For reasons he couldn’t understand a sadness came over him and it was then he saw the girl standing on the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/for-reasons-he-couldn-t-understand-a-sadness-came-over-him-and-it-was/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91a/melina-marchetta-392_brown_for-reasons-he-couldn-t-understand-a-sad_2098644.jpg) > [...women are elephants and watch the way you say that in front of them because they'll think you're calling them fat and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/women-are-elephants-and-watch-the-way-you-say-that-in-front-of-them/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/melina-marchetta-392_calling_women-are-elephants-and-watch-the-way-yo_638545.jpg) > [And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-suddenly-i-know-i-have-to-go-but-this-time-without-being-chased/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/melina-marchetta-392_cadets_and-suddenly-i-know-i-have-to-go-but-thi_622159.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "27 Way Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Maybe memories should be left the way they are.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-they-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-th_2545355.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-th_2545355.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/melina-marchetta-392_jellicoe-road_maybe-memories-should-be-left-the-way-th_2545355.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Maybe memories should be left the way they are.” — Melina Marchetta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't believe in God. 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It should be the other way round, Princess. In the real world, it's called courting. You let a lad kiss you and then you offer him more.’ ‘Let me tell you something, Olivier,’ she said with tears of sorrow in her eyes, ‘this is my real world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even-more-than-giving-me-the-rest/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/melina-marchetta-392_courting_a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even_373261.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/melina-marchetta-392_courting_a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even_373261.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/melina-marchetta-392_courting_a-kiss-is-the-prize-he-asked-sadly-even_373261.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A kiss is the prize?’ he asked sadly. ‘Even more than giving me the rest of you? 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What do you think?\" \"I reckon I'd smile really nicely in the photo,\" Santangelo says behind me, yanking me out of the way, \"knowing that you'll be keeping it under your pillow for the rest of your life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-says-with-a-giggle-hey-chaz/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-say_2161823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-say_2161823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c65/melina-marchetta-392_behinds_i-can-t-wait-to-tell-him-one-day-she-say_2161823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I can't wait to tell him one day,\" she says with a giggle. \"'Hey, Chaz, guess what? 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Well, I didn't, I put it in the black recycling tub, and it's coming your way again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Melina Marchetta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-into-believing-that-you-ve/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/melina-marchetta-392_believe_memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-in_2690729.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/melina-marchetta-392_believe_memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-in_2690729.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/melina-marchetta-392_believe_memory-is-a-funny-thing-it-tricks-you-in_2690729.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Memory is a funny thing. 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