520 Quotes by Melina Marchetta

Because people with that much spirit frighten the hell out of me. They make me want to be a better person when I know it’s not possible.

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.

I am a success at last. We get annihilated. There is no mercy. The word “friendly” is never used in the same context again. “Friendly,” according to The Australian Little Oxford Dictionary, means “acting or disposed to act as friend.” The word “act” is very apt. The girls glare at me. They need to put a face to their misery and I’m it. From then on, whenever someone uses the words “the basketball game,” there is no question which one they are referring to. This.

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.

If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?

There are worse things than a lie and there are better things than the truth!

You’re going to set us all on fire, you homicidal feral fruitcake.

I’m not interested in those who do me wrong. There’s not enough time in the day for them.

According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I’ll thank him for the advice.