John Marsden Quotes

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• I can't describe the feeling when I go down - it's down down down and there's never going to be an up again. And whatever…
• So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it evil, the big…
• They say teenagers can sleep all day. I often used to look at dogs and be amazed by the way they seemed to sleep for…
• I knew I was breaking about a dozen laws but I guess I had different attitudes to stuff like that since the war. Laws were…
• We'd thought that we were among the first humans to invade this basin, but humans had invaded everything, everywhere. They didn't have to walk into…
• People just sticking names on places, so that no one could see those places properly any more. Every time they looked at them or thought…
• the biggest risk is to take no risk. or to take crazy risks.
• We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.
• Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and…
• Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.
• When you're scared you can either give in to the panic and let your mind fall apart, or you can take charge of your mind…
• Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.
• I live in the light, But carry my dark with me.
• Too much thinking, not enough feeling.
• The world was quickly forgetting us. And there was little news to report.
• Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend.
• All these words, words like 'evil' and 'vicious', they meant nothing to Nature. Yes, evil was a human invention.
• Sometimes I think I'd rather be frightened than bored. At least when you're frightened you know you're alive.
• There's no room for anything else. You forget that you're tired or cold or hungry. You forget that banged-up knee and your aching tooth. You…
• Nothing reaches inside you and grabs you by the guts the way fear does.

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