Melina Marchetta quotes - page 2

When one is silent, those around speak even more. (Melina Marchetta)
Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. If something happens to him, I have to know that I won't fall apart... View quote
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Do you love me?' he asked instead. ‘Because if you don't, I'd wait until you did. I'd wait weeks and months and years. View quote
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Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known. View quote
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But grieving people are selfish. They won't let you comfort them and they say you don't understand and they make you feel useless when all your life you've been functional to them. View quote
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So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around? View quote
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When I grow up, I'm going to be my mother. View quote
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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? View quote
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Your problems are out there. But they're small. They only grow out of proportion when they climb inside your head. View quote
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See, I remember love. That's what people don't understand. View quote
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I'm beginning to realize that things don't turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don't they can turn out just a little bit better. (Melina Marchetta)
And when you'd finished running you'd be thousands of miles away from people who love you and your problem would still be there except you'd have nobody to help you. View quote
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Everything is evil that humans can't control or conquer. View quote
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To have somone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all. View quote
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Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives. View quote
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Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame. View quote
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That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me. View quote
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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. View quote
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You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who honors them? View quote
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And at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for. He wished that he had never met any of them. View quote
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Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories. (Melina Marchetta)
Simple dreams are the hardest to come true. View quote
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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. View quote
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A blind man can see what she feels for you and you for her. Your souls are not merely entwined; they are fused. View quote
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I heard your song the moment we were born. And years later, it dragged me back from the lake of the half-dead when all I wanted to do was die. Each time someone tried to kill me, it sang its tune and gave me hope. View quote
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