Melina Marchetta Quotes - Page 6

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

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Persons

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

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• 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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Pride, Thinking, Waiting

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

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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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Light, Long, House

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• So apart from writing letters home to your fantasy girlfriends,"Ben says, walking backwards, "what do you guys do out here without television and phones?" "Men's business. Bit confidential," Griggs says patronisingly. "Wow, wish I were you," Ben says, shaking his head with mock regret. "All I'll be doing tonight is hanging out in Taylor's bedroom, lying on her bed, sharing my earphones with her, hoping she won't hog all the room because it's such a tiny space.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girlfriend, Regret, Lying

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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.

  Melina Marchetta

  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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Kind, Jellicoe Road

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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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, Sweet, Silly

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

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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?

  Melina Marchetta

  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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Mother, Guy, Looks

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• And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But I remember you that day and you looked at peace with yourself and it made me reconsider everything I had planned to do. Because I thought to myself, you can't do this to her, not after the Hermit thing." "Do what to me? I don't think leaving me on that platform would have changed my life, Griggs," I lie. "You being on that platform changed mine.

  Melina Marchetta

  Lying, Eye, Thinking

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• Hold my hand because I might disappear.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hands, Might, Disappear

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• Don't let anyone take care of you. Can you maybe leave that for me to do? I mean, take care of you? Feel free to take care of me in return... because I think I'll need you to do that.

  Melina Marchetta

  Mean, Thinking, Return

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• You can't think for other people. Nor can you feel for them or be them. They have to do that for themselves.

  Melina Marchetta

  Thinking, People, Feels

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.227, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or any woman I ever love to go through or feel what you're going through, but it's happened and I don't know what to do.

  Melina Marchetta

  Children, Suffering, Want

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.227, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• And we all end up where we started

  Melina Marchetta

  Ends

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.140, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hands, Giving, Guy

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• He knows bad days. Bad days take him completely by surprise. They make him not trust the good days because it's likely something is lurking twenty-four hours away.

  Melina Marchetta

  Good Day, Bad Day, Twenties

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• But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it stopped alongside me I could stand it no longer. "My father's a cop and he'll kill you," I screeched without looking. "No, he's a barrister," I heard Michael Andretti say in a calm voice, "and he'll kill you if you don't get into this car.

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Voice, Car

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• 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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Stupid, Intellectual, Different

  Melina Marchetta (1992). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.296, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• One day" came. Because finally I understood.

  Melina Marchetta

  One Day, Understood

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.250, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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

  Melina Marchetta

  Dad, Son, Police

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• It's my birthday today. I'm not 17 anymore. The 17 Janis Ian sang about where one learns the truth. But what she failed to mention is that you keep on learning truths after 17 and I want to keep on learning truths till the day I die.

  Melina Marchetta

  My Birthday, Want, Today

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• He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Okay, would you like pizza?" "I don't think you deserve my company but I feel sorry for you so I'll say yes." "God help me," he said, half under his breath.

  Melina Marchetta

  Sorry, Eye, Thinking

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.123, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Letting Go, Kissing, Hands

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