Melina Marchetta

Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.

— 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…

— Melina Marchetta

In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have.…

— Melina Marchetta

And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But…

— Melina Marchetta

Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of…

— Melina Marchetta

“you do that all the time you know. you ask me questions when you know the answer will piss you off. ask…

— Melina Marchetta

I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— Melina Marchetta

See them together and you will feel a force that will take your breath away.

— 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…

— 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.

— Melina Marchetta

Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their…

— Melina Marchetta

“Phaedra looked across the water and her eyes met Lucian’s. Their needs came second. It came from the privilege of being trusted.…

— Melina Marchetta

We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. "And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming,"…

— Melina Marchetta

There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning…

— Melina Marchetta

I think I'm a bit in love with these girls. They make me feel giddy. Like I haven't a care in the…

— Melina Marchetta

Do you think you should warn him (the guard) that I'm going to kiss you?" He loved the flush that appeared on…

— Melina Marchetta

Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his…

— Melina Marchetta

“My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die. I counted. It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I'd…

— Melina Marchetta

“But that’s it. When I think of you, I think of future stuff. I think of this is it and I’m not…

— Melina Marchetta

When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. That she had…

— Melina Marchetta