520 Quotes by Melina Marchetta

I spent the whole morning looking at him. He looked at Mama. Mama looked at me. Then he would look at me. I would look at Mama. She would look at him. In different circumstances, I'd be amused.

You were never able to break her. She is the stone of this kingdom.

Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it's a gift from a king to a king, I say it's a sign from a queen to a queen.

You blame me for this, don't you?" he says."I don't need to. You're doing a better job.

The two horsewomen of the apocalypse still win, despite their dwindling numbers.

I think that we vote, not to get the best party in, but to keep the worst party out.

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.

We don't even love each other.I do a bit, you know.You do what a bit?You know. Like you...whatever...love you a bit.I think I kind of love you too.

I just don't trust people who have bodies that change with their moods.Well then you'll never trust the opposite sex again.