--- title: "18 Years Quotes By Melina Marchetta" description: "18 Years quotes by Melina Marchetta. Plus more from Melina Marchetta and more Years sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/melina-marchetta-392_children_it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t_716260.png" --- > [It's too late. Seventeen-year-olds don't need fathers. Oh god. I'm thirty-four years old and I need a father. I can't even begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t-need-fathers-oh-god-i-m/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43b/melina-marchetta-392_children_it-s-too-late-seventeen-year-olds-don-t_716260.png) > [Where did this come from? Do you know what this is? Luca is going to sneak out of bed in the middle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/where-did-this-come-from-do-you-know-what-this-is-luca-is-going-to/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/melina-marchetta-392_bed_where-did-this-come-from-do-you-know-wha_1526122.png) > [Living is the challenge. Not dying. Dying is so easy. Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to die. But living? That can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/living-is-the-challenge-not-dying-dying-is-so-easy-sometimes-it-only/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9da/melina-marchetta-392_challenges_living-is-the-challenge-not-dying-dying_2284629.jpg) > [I think if I'm ever asked to recall what Year 12 was all about, I'll remember it as one big cappuccino experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-think-if-i-m-ever-asked-to-recall-what-year-12-was-all-about-i-ll/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/melina-marchetta-392_bigs_i-think-if-i-m-ever-asked-to-recall-what_1097497.png) > [Oh God, Frankie, I breathe in rhythm with that man. You think that's not my flesh and blood after all these years?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/oh-god-frankie-i-breathe-in-rhythm-with-that-man-you-think-that-s-not/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/melina-marchetta-392_blood_oh-god-frankie-i-breathe-in-rhythm-with_2328338.png) > [Do you love me?’ he asked instead. ‘Because if you don’t, I’d wait until you did. I’d wait weeks and months and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/do-you-love-me-he-asked-instead-because-if-you-don-t-i-d-wait-until/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e3/melina-marchetta-392_do-you-love-me_do-you-love-me-he-asked-instead-because_977547.jpg) > [When he wins the bet, I tell Griggs that it will take me a lifetime to save up two trillion dollars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/when-he-wins-the-bet-i-tell-griggs-that-it-will-take-me-a-lifetime-to/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72b/melina-marchetta-392_dollars_when-he-wins-the-bet-i-tell-griggs-that_362745.png) > [It still amazes him how they could have been misled by her personality in Year Eleven. It's what depression does to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/it-still-amazes-him-how-they-could-have-been-misled-by-her/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/melina-marchetta-392_depression_it-still-amazes-him-how-they-could-have_2029222.png) > [My old school, St Stella’s, only goes to Year Ten and most of my friends now go to Pius Senior College, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/my-old-school-st-stella-s-only-goes-to-year-ten-and-most-of-my/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/melina-marchetta-392_college_my-old-school-st-stella-s-only-goes-to-y_2193985.jpg) > [When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/when-it-was-over-she-gathered-him-in-her-arms-and-told-him-the/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82c/melina-marchetta-392_alive_when-it-was-over-she-gathered-him-in-her_131947.png) > [But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/but-you-re-almost-eighteen-you-re-old-enough-everyone-else-is-doing/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/melina-marchetta-392_children_but-you-re-almost-eighteen-you-re-old-en_2913558.png) > [What happens when she's not my memory anymore? What happens when she's not around to tell me about his belt leaving scars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/what-happens-when-she-s-not-my-memory-anymore-what-happens-when-she-s/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/melina-marchetta-392_beats_what-happens-when-she-s-not-my-memory-an_2966338.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) > [This is what I know. I look like my father. My father disappeared when he was seventeen years old. Hannah once told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/this-is-what-i-know-i-look-like-my-father-my-father-disappeared-when/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a0/melina-marchetta-392_age_this-is-what-i-know-i-look-like-my-fathe_1661385.png) > [And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/melina-marchetta-392_changed_and-then-you-came-along-and-you-spoke-to_15221.jpg) > [And if I get a little chemically imbalanced in the head, like we all know I tend to get sometimes, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/and-if-i-get-a-little-chemically-imbalanced-in-the-head-like-we-all/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/melina-marchetta-392_big-deal_and-if-i-get-a-little-chemically-imbalan_1403228.jpg) > [“Between now and when we graduate next year there are at least ten weeks' holiday and five random public holidays. There's email…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/between-now-and-when-we-graduate-next-year-there-are-at-least-ten/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/melina-marchetta-392_chess_between-now-and-when-we-graduate-next-ye_1528194.png) > [I heard your song the moment we were born. And years later, it dragged me back from the lake of the half-dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melina-marchetta/i-heard-your-song-the-moment-we-were-born-and-years-later-it-dragged/) [Melina Marchetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melina-marchetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/melina-marchetta-392_born_i-heard-your-song-the-moment-we-were-bor_946458.png) ## Other authors on Years ## 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/years/melina-marchetta/#itemlist", "name": "18 Years Quotes By Melina Marchetta", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's too late. Seventeen-year-olds don't need fathers. Oh god. I'm thirty-four years old and I need a father. 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