“The Spice Girl morality is the morality of the three-year-old.” — John Marsden Character Copy Share Image
The world was quickly forgetting us. And there was little news to report. — John Marsden Forget Copy Share Image
Oh, Homer! You don't have to play dumb anymore! You're not at school now. — John Marsden Dumb Copy Share Image
Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend. — John Marsden Defend 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
“They weren't necessarily soldiers, but you didn't have to be soldiers to be affected by it all.” — John Marsden Soldiers Copy Share Image
“Anyway, I should have known better about the roses. Whatever Mum planted grew eventually. Take me for instance.” — John Marsden Flower Copy Share Image
It's good to keep changing your mind. It shows you're thinking. I'll only stop changing my mind when I'm dead. And maybe… — John Marsden Changing mind Copy Share Image
“We'll never feel safe again, and so it's bye-bye innocence. It's been nice knowing you, but you're gone now.” — John Marsden Gone Copy Share Image
“People, shadows, good, bad, Heaven, Hell: all of these were names, labels, that was all. Humans had created these opposites: Nature recognised… — John Marsden Heaven hell Copy Share Image
My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me,… — John Marsden Heart Copy Share Image
“If people are either mountain people or ocean people then I'm a mountain person. I love the ocean, the few times I… — John Marsden Ocean Copy Share Image
…"we saw this big dark red leech hanging off his back. We were dancing round yelling: ‘We’ll burn it off! Get the… — John Marsden Bigs Copy Share Image
We'd thought that we were among the first humans to invade this basin, but humans had invaded everything, everywhere. They didn't have… — John Marsden Firsts Copy Share Image
Life's harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them?… — John Marsden Book Copy Share Image
“When it's all said and done, the only thing that matter in life are so damn simple. Family, friends. being safe and… — John Marsden Family friends Copy Share Image
They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed… — John Marsden Amazed Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm dropping such a long way down again." "I seem to be dropping into a cold dark wet place,… — John Marsden Cease to exist 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
Life's about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It's about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger,… — John Marsden Best way Copy Share Image
People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at… — John Marsden Bigs Copy Share Image
“It was the world-without-adults daydream. In my dream I'd never quite figured out where the adults went but we kids were free… — John Marsden Childhood Copy Share Image
What's the Future? It's a blank sheet of paper, and we draw lines on it, but sometimes our hand is held, and… — John Marsden Blank Copy Share Image
I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth. — John Marsden Confess Copy Share Image
“I guess you can't live at full-on intensity forever. Lying on the bed of my cell in the dark, trembling, waiting for… — John Marsden Human spirit Copy Share Image
A few people would suffer, but a lot of people would be better off.' 'It's just not right,' said Kevin stubbornly. 'Maybe… — John Marsden Kevin Copy Share Image
I knew I was breaking about a dozen laws but I guess I had different attitudes to stuff like that since the… — John Marsden Attitude Copy Share Image
I can't describe the feeling when I go down - it's down down down and there's never going to be an up… — John Marsden Beer Copy Share Image
“You're the most important person in my life," I said. He didn't say anything. "You're my brother," I said. He didn't say… — John Marsden Brother Copy Share Image
I'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I… — John Marsden Bigs Copy Share Image
“I lay there with my mind running amuck, on the brink of madness. And somehow, gradually, early Sunday morning, I became calm.… — John Marsden Another world Copy Share Image
“You can never stay angry too long in the bush though. At least, that's what I think. It's not that it's soothing… — John Marsden Bush Copy Share Image
Pale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if… — John Marsden Doe 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)
