Quote by Melina Marchetta Download Open image ““Webb read fantasy; Jude read realism”” — Melina Marchetta ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Each day, at the same time, Jude would return and they would be there, led by Webb, whose life could not have been more… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“It would have been impossible for me to have told anyone what I derived from these novels, for it was nothing less than than… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.” — Meredith Wood Copy Share Image
“In reality every reader is, while he is reading, the reader of his own self. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Books connect us readers to what we cannot see but imagine, an intangible sort of wonder and magic.” — Stephanie Morales Copy Share Image
“Writers need their writing; they need their imaginary worlds in order to find piece in, or make sense of, the real world.” — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“Reluctantly Bastian's thoughts turned back to reality. He was glad the Neverending Story had nothing to do with that. He didn't like books in… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“I could not resist the clarity of the world in books, the incredibly satisfying way in which life became weighty and accessible. Books were… — Frank Conroy Copy Share Image
“The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develop a bit of a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But I remember… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“you do that all the time you know. you ask me questions when you know the answer will piss you off. ask me a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“When I saw "Ulysses" on Georgie's bedside table and Tom Finch's name written on it in a scrawl so like my old man's, I… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You know what? You didn't do anything wrong. I did. It's this dumb thing I do. I look into things and see more than… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
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 say, because… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
