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Stories Quotes by Melina Marchetta
- Tom’s aunt Georgie spoke to me first, and Tom found me through her. At the time, I didn’t actually think Tom was a big enough…
- As I walk back to the school on my own, I realise I'm crying. So I go back to the stories I've read about the…
- And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything,…
- What were you doing with her?" I ask quietly. "Apart from questioning her about your whereabouts, I was listening to the most intriguing story about…
- No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of…
- You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who…
- Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.
- About my first memory, sitting on the shoulders of a giant who I know can only be my father. Of touching the sky. Of lying…
- And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. But there's a joy and an abundance of everything,…
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