John Marsden Quotes - Page 3

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• The world was quickly forgetting us. And there was little news to report.

  John Marsden

  News, World, Littles

  John Marsden (1997). “The Dead of Night”, p.87, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• ...."we saw this big dark red leech hanging off his back. We were dancing round yelling: ‘We’ll burn it off! Get the petrol! Stay still Mr Kassar, you can trust us!’ He wimped out though, and made us use salt. Very boring.

  John Marsden

  Dark, Yelling, Dancing

  John Marsden (2000). “Burning for Revenge”, p.148, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Let no stranger intrude here, no invader trespass. This was ours, and this we would defend.

  John Marsden

  Stranger, Invaders

  John Marsden (1997). “The Dead of Night”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• We'd thought that we were among the first humans to invade this basin, but humans had invaded everything, everywhere. They didn't have to walk into a place to invade it.

  John Marsden

  Firsts, Walks, Humans

  John Marsden (1995). “Tomorrow, When the War Began”, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Oh, Homer! You don't have to play dumb anymore! You're not at school now.

  John Marsden

  School, Play, Dumb

  John Marsden (1998). “A Killing Frost”, p.42, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I wonder if they realize how much I notice about them They probably haven't a clue because I never look at them or show the slightest interest. But I'm very aware of everything. I remember seeing an old film once where a father says to his son: "Son when your mouth's open you're not learning anything." If that's true then I'm well on the way to becoming the world's wisest woman.

  John Marsden

  Father, Son, Looks

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• Well, I’ve learnt this much: it doesn’t matter what it costs, it’s worth paying the price. You can’t live cheap and you can’t live for nothing. Pay the price and be proud you’ve paid it, that’s what I reckon.

  John Marsden

  Pay The Price, Cost, Proud

  John Marsden (1996). “Darkness, Be My Friend”

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