Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead. — John Marsden Drowsy Copy Share Image
“Chris says his father was born on the corner of straight and narrow...” — John Marsden Humor Copy Share Image
Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does. — John Marsden Doe Copy Share Image
“The Spice Girl morality is the morality of the three-year-old.” — John Marsden Character Copy Share Image
“I wondered how long an adult could talk to a kid without using the word "but." About forty seconds'd be the record… — John Marsden Good day Copy Share Image
“In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” — John Marsden Kindness Copy Share Image
Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming. — John Marsden Becoming Copy Share Image
“Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they're a curse.” — John Marsden Feelings Copy Share Image
“I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think… — John Marsden Kindness Copy Share Image
When you're scared you can either give in to the panic and let your mind fall apart, or you can take charge… — John Marsden Anxiety Copy Share Image
There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is… — John Marsden Childhood Copy Share Image
“Being brave is a choice you make. You've got to say to yourself: I'm going to think brave. I refuse to think… — John Marsden Anxiety Copy Share Image
Name three types of olives." "Olives! I wouldn't know one type!" "Well, there are three. You can get green ones, you can… — John Marsden Black Copy Share Image
“There's nothing like the very early morning. It's the sweetness of the air, the sweet coolness; it's the bubbling of the creek… — John Marsden Early morning Copy Share Image
“But it was my parents I longed for mostly. I wanted to be a little girl again and cuddle into them, wriggling… — John Marsden Child Copy Share Image
“A beggar who goes fishing may use a worm which has feasted on a king as his bait. And the fisherman may… — John Marsden King Copy Share Image
“A farm is just an accumulation of stories really. Same with people... "A farmer's footsteps are the best fertiliser," Dad used to… — John Marsden Farm Copy Share Image
So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped… — John Marsden Different Copy Share Image
“A bad black horse steals Steals into my head And moves across the landscape Of my mind, while I sleep. He does… — John Marsden Feels Copy Share Image
“I guess our fate is up to us now. And we’ve been there before, of course. There’s something quite comforting about it… — John Marsden Comforting Copy Share Image
“But somehow, standing in the clear night air, under a sky that glowed like a shower of sparks, none of that stuff… — John Marsden Calm Copy Share Image
“What happened next played itself out like a terrible drama with two spectators. Lee and I stayed on our side of the… — John Marsden Bull Copy Share Image
“Dad always said there were three types of workers. The ones who stood there saying "Is there anything I can do "… — John Marsden Workers Copy Share Image
We had enough years in front of us to be serious and grown-up and respectable. Why rush it? But on the other… — John Marsden Adults Copy Share Image
“That night in bed I was thinking about the way creeks and streams operate. They start off little, gurgling and bubbling and… — John Marsden Creeks Copy Share Image
“Why did people call it Hell?" I wondered. [...] No place was Hell, no place could be Hell. It's the people calling… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by… — John Marsden Beach Copy Share Image
Writing is not a job or activity. Nor do I sit at a desk writing for inspiration to strike. Writing is like… — John Marsden Alternatives Copy Share Image
“I don't want them hanging a double murder on me. It wouldn't look good on my school record.” — John Marsden Murder Copy Share Image
“Cynicism is like gastro: it goes through your whole system and makes you shitty.” — John Marsden Cynicism Copy Share Image
“Instead of blaming us, find your true enemy. And, where the offence is, there let the great axe fall.” — John Marsden True Enemy Copy Share Image
![“Why did people call it Hell?" I wondered. [...] No place was Hell, no place could be Hell. It's the people calling it Hell, that's the only thing that made it so. People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly anymore. [...] No, Hell wasn't anything to do with…” quote by John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e4/john-marsden-3782_quote_why-did-people-call-it-hell-i-wondered-n_786530.jpg)
