Next day Quote by John Marsden

“I make people uncomfortable. The kind ones get angry because their kindness doesn't work. The unkind ones get angry because they think I'm attacking…

— John Marsden

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…

— John Marsden

“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

My pen.’ Funny, I wrote that without noticing. ‘The torch’, ‘the paper’, but ‘my pen’. That shows what writing means to me, I guess.…

— John Marsden

“Life’s about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It’s about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love,…

— John Marsden

“Ask for Forgiveness, Not Permission”

— John Marsden

“I lay there with my mind running amuck, on the brink of madness. And somehow, gradually, early Sunday morning, I became calm. I can't…

— John Marsden

“In this life of froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.”

— John Marsden

“There’s life in his face again. It occurs to me that this is the best thing I could have done, it’s actually a great…

— John Marsden

Life's about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It's about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love,…

— John Marsden

“It'd be funny if one of them was called Gavin. Funny but irrelevant.”

— John Marsden

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…

— John Marsden