520 Quotes by Melina Marchetta

What is it? A prize or something?No. It's not a prize and I'm not a prize. But it's mine. It belongs to me and I can only give it away once, and I want to be so sure when it happens. I don't want to say that the first time for me was bad or it didn't mean a thing.

I won't push you for it anymore, okay. We'll stick to clever conversation.A bit of this and that won't hurt.Yeah, it won't hurt you. It'll drive me bloody crazy.

She was the most beautiful woman in the world. If she was alive I'd probably be a better person.

You're good enough, Jacob.

Do you think I look like Sophia Loren?’ I ask him as we get into the car. ‘I used to tell your mother she looked like Sophia Loren.’ He looks at me, frowning, and then it registers. ‘Oh God, some guy’s using that line on you, isn’t he?’ ‘Not just “some guy”,’ I tell him. ‘The guy.

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But it was definitely a car trailing me and quickly I prepared myself for a great dash. I began quickening my step and when it stopped alongside me I could stand it no longer."My father's a cop and he'll kill you," I screeched without looking."No, he's a barrister," I heard Michael Andretti say in a calm voice, "and he'll kill you if you don't get into this car.

Living is the challenge. Not dying. Dying is so easy. Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to die. But living? That can take you eighty years and you do something in that time.

I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or any woman I ever love to go through or feel what you're going through, but it's happened and I don't know what to do.