Melina Marchetta Quotes - Page 4

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

  Melina Marchetta

  Liking Someone, Stories, Territory

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• 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.

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  House, Middle East, Want

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

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• No. But it's like the argument `don't donate to third-world countries because the money mightn't get to them.' People only say that because it makes them feel better about the fact that they do nothing.

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  Country, Feel Better, People

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.105, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

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  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.92, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

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  Lonely, Shy, Want

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.40, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Oh, you're one of those,' the princess said. 'One of what?' 'One of those who needs to be told their worth over and over by others. Do you know who tells me my worth, Phaedra of Alonso?' The princess pointed a hard finger at her own chest. 'Me. I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others I'd have lain down and died waiting.

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  Princess, Waiting, Needs

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

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  Fighting, Trying, Attention

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.187, Penguin UK

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• It's not that I like you least [...] it's that I feared you most. The reginita taught me to like you. There was a strange joy to her that lifted my spirits. But you, Quintana of Charyn, you made me love you.

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  I Like You, Love You, Joy

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• Don't believe in God. Love the world just the way it is.

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  Believe, World, Way

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

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  Grieving, Persons

  Melina Marchetta (2006). “On The Jellicoe Road”, p.44, Penguin UK

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• Santangelo is irritated. "We're not suppose to be collaborating. It's supposed to be a war and you're supposed to stick to the boundaries." "We've seen you in your jocks," she reminds him. "Taylor and Griggs have pashed. You've broken into your father's police station for us. Don't you think the war has lost a bit of its tension?

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  Father, War, Thinking

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• Sometimes Webb believed that he would never experience a better feeling than when he was looking at her, would never see anything or anybody bursting with more life and spirit. Sometimes he felt he needed to inhale it and place it in a storage area in his soul. Just in case.

  Melina Marchetta

  Soul, Feelings, Spirit

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• Guess what?' Fitz said. 'I don't know,' Jude said. 'What? Narnie smiled?' He glanced at her for the first time. 'When you guys see a Narnie smile, it's like a revalation,' Webb said, gathering her towards him. Jude stopped in front of her and, with both hands cupping her face, tried to make a smile. Narnie flinched. 'Leave her alone,' Tate said. 'I need a revelation,' Jude said. 'And you're the only one that can give me one, Narns.

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  Hands, Giving, Guy

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• When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don't know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already.

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  Letting Go, Kissing, Hands

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

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  Dad, Son, Police

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• Hold my hand because I might disappear.

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  Hands, Might, Disappear

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• 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.

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  Voice, Soul, Determined

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• Maybe she'd always been there. Maybe strangers enter your heart first and then you spent the rest of your life searching for them.

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  Heart, Rest Of Your Life, Firsts

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• Balthazar pledged to die defending his royal house of Lumuatere. Finnikin swore to be their protector and guide for as long as he lived. Lucian vowed he would be the light whom they traveled toward in times of need.

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  Light, Long, House

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• You don't die. You just... get really angry and then after you're angry you hurt a lot and then the best thing is that one day you remember something she said or did and you laugh instead of crying.

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  Hurt, Laughing, One Day

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.61, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.

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  Kind, Jellicoe Road

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• Oh God, Frankie, I breathe in rhythm with that man. You think that's not my flesh and blood after all these years?

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  Men, Thinking, Blood

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.187, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Lauren." He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. "Oh God, some guy's using that line on you, isn't he?" "Not just 'some guy'." I tell him. "The guy.

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  Mother, Guy, Looks

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• I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have around. And Mia. I want her to say, "Frankie, you're silly, you're lazy, you're talented, you're passionate, you're restrained, you're blossoming, you're contrary." I want to be an adjective again. But I'm a noun. A nothing. A nobody. A no one.

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  Girl, Sweet, Silly

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.37, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You're the father of the person who is my life.

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  Father, Persons

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.65, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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