Melina Marchetta Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• She comes from the school of getting it out of your system, whereas he comes from the school of stewing over it.

  Melina Marchetta

  School, Over It

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

  4 Copy quote

• I would pick them when they bloomed. And when she called me home for supper, I'd place them in her hair and the contrast would take my breath away.

  Melina Marchetta

  Home, Hair, Supper

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.236, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• 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.

  Melina Marchetta

  Grief, People, Forgiving

  60 Copy quote

• But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone else 'but you're only sixteen, everyone else is doing it' Or one day someone will tell your daughter that she's only thirteen and everyone else is doing it. I don't want to do it because everyone else is doing it.

  Melina Marchetta

  Daughter, Years, One Day

  Melina Marchetta (1992). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.253, ReadHowYouWant.com

  7 Copy quote

• What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.

  Melina Marchetta

  Journey, Differences, Breezy

  84 Copy quote

• His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Half, Towns

  4 Copy quote

• She made a sound of regret. ‘We come second, you and I, Luc-ien,’ she said. ‘Our allegiance is always to our kingdoms. Without that allegiance, our people would fall.’ She placed her head back against his chest and he felt her tears. ‘This is not our time.’ ‘But that will never mean I love you less,’ he said.

  Melina Marchetta

  Regret, Fall, Love You

  4 Copy quote

• I'm scared to die," I whispered as Michael walked in. "He was scared to live," he said kissing my forehead.

  Melina Marchetta

  Kissing, Scared, Said

  Melina Marchetta (1992). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.281, ReadHowYouWant.com

  9 Copy quote

• In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.

  Melina Marchetta

  Vices, Ends

  4 Copy quote

• City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.

  Melina Marchetta

  Fighting, Cities, People

  6 Copy quote

• I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear and scream the place down. I never expected indifference.

  Melina Marchetta

  Italian, Would Be, Gears

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.68, Knopf Books for Young Readers

  4 Copy quote

• I think if I'm ever asked to recall what Year 12 was all about, I'll remember it as one big cappuccino experience.

  Melina Marchetta

  Thinking, Years, Remember

  Melina Marchetta (1992). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.164, ReadHowYouWant.com

  53 Copy quote

• Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.

  Melina Marchetta

  Strong, Know How, Knows

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.1232, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we’re fortunate, we still manage to have a good life.

  Melina Marchetta

  Dream, Kings, Queens

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.1279, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• I stand up, sure of one thing and one thing only. That my father will come and get me. He won't give me a lecture, he won't try to teach me a lesson. He won't ask a thousand questions or ask me to apologize. He'll just come and get me. "Just tell me where you are.

  Melina Marchetta

  Father, Giving, Trying

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

  4 Copy quote

• You can't go around feeling too much.

  Melina Marchetta

  Feelings, Too Much

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.376, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• He just watched the way Finnikin’s hands rested on Evanjalin’s neck and he rubbed his thumb along her jaw and the way his tongue seemed to disappear inside her mouth as if he needed a part of her to breathe himself.

  Melina Marchetta

  Kissing, Hands, Thumbs

  Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.231, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• Those full of fear were the most dangerous of people.

  Melina Marchetta

  People, Dangerous

  4 Copy quote

• And being that happy makes me feel guilty. Because I shouldn't be. Not while my mum is feeling the way she is. How I can dare to be happy is beyond me, and I hate my guts for it.

  Melina Marchetta

  Hate, Feelings, Way

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

  4 Copy quote

• Josie, life is not a Mills and Boon book. People fall out of love. People disappoint other people and they find it very hard to forgive.

  Melina Marchetta

  Falling In Love, Book, People

  4 Copy quote

• Do you want to hang out? At your place or something?" Hanging out with Jimmy Hailler will mean that I have to say hello to him every day. I'm not ready to say hello to him every day. Too much commitment. It's bad enough that I'm sharing chocolate brownies swith him. I shake my head. "Not today.

  Melina Marchetta

  Mean, Commitment, Chocolate

  Melina Marchetta (2003). “Saving Francesca”

  13 Copy quote

• I walk down the steps of the verandah towards her and with shaking hands she holds my face between them, sobbing, "Look at my beautiful girl.

  Melina Marchetta

  Beautiful, Girl, Hands

  Melina Marchetta (2006). “On The Jellicoe Road”, p.260, Penguin UK

  4 Copy quote

• Scatter?' Tate said. 'Why? We stay here. Why go anywhere else?' 'Because we'll never know how great this place is until we leave it,' Narnie said.

  Melina Marchetta

  Said, Know How, Knows

  4 Copy quote

• Simple dreams are the hardest to come true

  Melina Marchetta

  Dream, Simple, Hardest

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.71, Knopf Books for Young Readers

  4 Copy quote

• It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi takes off his shirt while he's playing the saxophone. Whoever's not chatting up a Cadet or a girl from Darling House or playing chess with the guys is watching the band. I turn into a groupie.

  Melina Marchetta

  Girl, House, Guy

  4 Copy quote

Page 2 of 14

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin