520 Quotes by Melina Marchetta

Catch the news/One more day/Big wide world/Swallowed whole/Rhythm breaks me/Out of step/Need to shake this/'Less I break/'Cause nothing counts when you're not here/Too much sadness, too much fear

Everything's going to be fine. She'll be back at work soon. Let's just keep the house clean." Oh yeah, I want to say, because a clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.

Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.

She asked me what type of contraceptive I use.Underwear. Keeping it on prevents pregnancy.

Once, last year, I started going through my sins and Father Stephen said, "Oh, it's you, Josie." Can you believe it? He recognised me by my sins. I'm so boring that I can't even change my sins from term to term.

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

My life isn't as bad as I make out and sometimes I think it's all in my head, but I can't help it.

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.

Lucian stared at him, overwhelmed. “What are you all of a sudden?” he demanded gruffly. “An ancient wiseman?”Jory pointed to himself.“Look at me, cousin. Did ancient wisemen have shoulders like mine?