Melina Marchetta Quotes - Page 14

Quotes about:

• He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.

  Melina Marchetta

  Tough Times, Proud, Week

  4 Copy quote

• I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being part of him. Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.

  Melina Marchetta

  Letting Go, Tonight, Want

  4 Copy quote

• Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then I can slap myself into reality and remind myself of what happens when you let someone into your sacred space. Jonah Griggs is my second reminder to never ever trust another human being. My mother was first.

  Melina Marchetta

  Mother, Reality, Names

  52 Copy quote

• This is what I know. I look like my father. My father disappeared when he was seventeen years old. Hannah once told me that there is something unnatural about being older than your father ever got to be. When you can say that at the age of seventeen, it's a different kind of devastating.

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Years, Age

  4 Copy quote

• Tom always did anger well. Hid it well, but showed it even better

  Melina Marchetta

  Wells, Toms

  4 Copy quote

• And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for. He wished that he had never met any of them.

  Melina Marchetta

  Forgiving, Moments, Mets

  4 Copy quote

• They always prided themselves on looking youthful. “Forty’s the new thirty,” they’d joke. Until heartbreak and grief enter your life, and then forty’s the new one hundred.

  Melina Marchetta

  Grief, Thirty, Hundred

  4 Copy quote

• Her voice whispering love soothes him. They'd never done that before. Weren't that type of family. Except now he doesn't know what kind of family they are. What word is it that can define them? What would they call his family in the textbooks? Broken? He comes from a broken home. The Mackees can't be put back together again. There are too many pieces of them missing.

  Melina Marchetta

  Home, Together Again, Voice

  5 Copy quote

• He watched as Finnikin swung onto the horse, his sleeve stained with blood. Froi liked the way Finnikin reached behind him and took Evanjalin's hand, placing it around his waist. It made everything seem normal because Finnikin always wanted to touch her.

  Melina Marchetta

  Horse, Blood, Hands

  4 Copy quote

• If she’s out here and not locked up in the barracks, I’ll know,” he said. He took a deep breath and whistled. “You share a whistle?” Trevanion said in disbelief. “Do you have a problem with that?” Finnikin asked. “I have a few whistles,” Lucian murmured. “Very confusing sometimes.” “Whistles are meant for combat,” Trevanion said. “Not wooing women. Women do not understand whistles.

  Melina Marchetta

  Confusing, Problem, Sometimes

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.264, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• Where did this come from? Do you know what this is? Luca is going to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night and squirt it on his tongue. It's like drugs for ten-year-olds. Today it's Ice Magic. Tomorrow, heroin.

  Melina Marchetta

  Night, Years, Ice

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.86, Knopf Books for Young Readers

  6 Copy quote

• Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Age, Fourteen

  4 Copy quote

• So, like I asked, what’s with the nightie?” “It smells like what I always think mothers smell like,” I tell him honestly, knowing I don’t have to explain. He nods. “My mum has one just the same and you have no idea how disturbing it is that it’s turning me on.

  Melina Marchetta

  Mother, Thinking, Ideas

  52 Copy quote

• Do you think you should warn him (the guard) that I'm going to kiss you?" He loved the flush that appeared on her face, and there was an intake of breath from the girls. "Aldron," she said clearing her throat,"if he agrees to become king, I'm going to let him kiss me. Please don't stop him." Aldron thought for a moment and sighed, holding up his hand. "Wait there and do not move," he ordered Finnikin, before calling out to one of the other guards who stood on the platform. "Ask Perri if he's allowed to touch her if he's agreed to be king.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Kings, Moving

  4 Copy quote

• It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms; or watching the senior rugby league. As you can imagine, I'm torn.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Senior, Sports

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.54, Knopf Books for Young Readers

  4 Copy quote

• People aren’t interested in the truth, Dafar. They’re interested in what keeps them safe. They’re interested in being looked after. They’re interested in a tale being spun... Mighty men have moments of great despair that common people do not want to know about.

  Melina Marchetta

  Men, People, Despair

  4 Copy quote

Page 14 of 14

First

← Prev

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin