Quotes by Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

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It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
He is the most beautiful creature I have ever seen and it's not about his face, but the life force I can see in him. It' — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.That she had wanted to be de — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
This is the best night of my life," Raffy says, crying."Raffy, half our House has burnt down," I say wearily. "We don't — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
What's with what you're wearing?" Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others."It's pretty hideous, isn't — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Griggs." Anson Choi feigns surprise. "What's her name?""I didn't actually catch her — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
Don't believe in God. Love the world just the way it is. — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
So what does the winner get in the end?" Tate asked."They get to sit around with the losers and say, 'I am King Xavier o — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.I counted.It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
Was. What does was actually mean? The verb to be. Past tense of is. Does it mean that someone is no longer being? — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
But say he forgets about me or meets someone else or pretends I don't exist.I look at her and then at Trini and Raffy."T — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
If I had to wish for something, just one thing, it would be that Hannah would never see Tate the way I did. Never see Ta — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
Then he holds her and for a moment I hear total silence; that totally silent part of a cry that announces that the most — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
The boy in the tree sobs uncontrollably when I tell him about the Hermit and my mother, yet his eyes light up each time — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
Each day, at the same time, Jude would return and they would be there, led by Webb, whose life could not have been more — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again? — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road
Maybe memories should be left the way they are. — Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road