Melina Marchetta Quotes

And then their voices stopped and their souls stood still and they ceased being who they had been. Because who they were had always been determined by him.

Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.

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 a clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.

Sometimes... sometimes keeping alive is too tiring," she whispered, wringing her hands. Before he knew what he was doing, he pressed his lips against her brow. "Don't ever say that. Ever.

I love it when you're demented like this.

I think you'll just have to wait for that Loser of the Month tiara a little while longer while I wear it, with pride, around my neighborhood.

The two horsewomen of the apocalypse still win, despite their dwindling numbers.

You shy, Francesca?” Javier asks me later on. I shake my head. “Not really.” I’m just sad, I want to say. And I’m lonely.

It's like geographical humor. You just don't get it unless you were there.

I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.

you grab at any sign of hope. You grab it with both hands and breathe life into it, day after day. You do anything to keep it alive.

Woman, I’m trying to fight here! Or has that escaped your attention?

You were never able to break her. She is the stone of this kingdom.

I recognise Santangelo's dad, who saves police brutality for when he gets to his son.

A home to come back to every day of their lives. Where they would all belong or long to be. A place on the Jellicoe Road.

I hope you're not smoking in front of her,' Lucia says to him. 'Yeah, I lie in bed and puff in her face, Lucia,' he says, irritated.

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 your life bearable.

That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.

Unexpectedly, a fierce sense of protectiveness comes over me. Except I fight it back because I can hardly look after myself these days.

In a kinder world," he whispered, "one I promise you I've seen, men and women flirt and dance and love with only the fear of what it would mean without the other in their lives.

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.

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 honors them?

I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.

Mama says that satisfaction isn't what I should search for. Respect is. Respect? I detest that word. Probably because in this world you have to respect the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them.

Quintana of Charyn's body was a map of hatred.

They either don't get it or don't want to. Maybe I'm just not selling it well.

I just want it to go back to the way it was." "It'll never go back to the way it was, Frankie. But you have to make sure it goes forward.

You're judging her by her literacy," Tara says. "You're a literacist." "You've made that up.

No, no, no, no,no,' he gasped. 'You can't bring up your mum and dad while your hand is down there, Finke

Later, when they were almost asleep he had called out to her. 'Finke?' 'Yeah?' 'We'll make a great team. You plant. I build.

This isn't romance. This isn't a declaration of love or affirmation of friendship. This is something more.

Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame.

This is war," he say quietly. "Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs.

Because being so dependent on people scares me.

If we forget who we lost, then we forget who we once were, and if we forget who we once were, we lose sight of who we are now.

What kind of freak is this kid who's giggling hysterically with the girls in the neighbouring beds, each with a crush on the other for being the same age when the rest of the world seems so old?

A clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.

Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?

I wasn't there that day to get on the three forty-seven to Yass", he says. "I was there to throw myself in front of it.

And when you'd finished running you'd be thousands of miles away from people who love you and your problem would still be there except you'd have nobody to help you.

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 crush on him.

I look over to the other side of the road and watch Griggs as he walks. It’s a lazy walk but so full of confidence that you want to be standing behind him all the way.

Best way to find the weakness of the enemy is to understand their ways.

How seven days had passed since she had disappeared from existence. That it would take the eyes of the gods to find her. Or the heart of the Lumateran exile.

I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself...I'll run to be emancipated.

When he wins the bet, I tell Griggs that it will take me a lifetime to save up two trillion dollars and he tells me that he's only giving me seventy years.

One day" came. Because finally I understood.

We're so different. You're an intellectual. I'm an idiot." "Don't say that," I yelled. "You're not an idiot, you stupid idiot.

You blame me for this, don't you?" he says. "I don't need to. You're doing a better job.