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Melina Marchetta

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

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

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Melina Marchetta On the Jellicoe Road

Quote from Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can’t forgive yourself for.

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Melina Marchetta

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

Truth is dangerous.

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Melina Marchetta On the Jellicoe Road

Quote from Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

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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Melina Marchetta

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do.

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Melina Marchetta Saving Francesca

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

I can’t believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn’t set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don’t feel free. I feel like shit.

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Melina Marchetta Quintana of Charyn

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Quintana of Charyn

What if she’s all I give you in this life of ours, my love?” she asked quietly. “Then I’ll shout at the goddess in fury,” he said fiercely. “I’ll beg to know why I’ve been given so much when other men have so little.

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Melina Marchetta On the Jellicoe Road

Quote from Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

What’s with what you’re wearing?” Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others.”It’s pretty hideous, isn’t it?” I say.”Don’t force me to look at it,” he says. “It’s see-through.”That kills conversation for a couple of seconds.

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Melina Marchetta On the Jellicoe Road

Quote from Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

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

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Melina Marchetta Saving Francesca

Quote from Melina Marchetta, Saving Francesca

It’s like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.

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