I wasn't there that day to get on the three forty-seven to Yass", he says. "I was there to throw myself in front of it. Melina Marchetta More Quotes by Melina Marchetta More Quotes From Melina Marchetta About my first memory, sitting on the shoulders of a giant who I know can only be my father. Of touching the sky. Of lying between two people who read me stories of wild things and journeys with dragons, the soft hum of their voices speaking of love and serenity. See, I remember love. Melina Marchetta memories father lying His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs Melina Marchetta towns half father I think that we vote, not to get the best party in, but to keep the worst party out. Melina Marchetta vote party thinking I've been passionate about two things in my life. One was Christina Alibrandi. The other is Josephine Alibrandi. Melina Marchetta two-things passionate two Even five minutes of your time can make someone's day. Melina Marchetta five-minutes five minutes City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure. Melina Marchetta fighting cities people She misses him more now than when he was away Melina Marchetta missing Simple dreams are the hardest to come true Melina Marchetta hardest simple dream Do something that scares you everyday. Melina Marchetta saving-francesca scare everyday And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. Melina Marchetta strange kind goes-on Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm. Melina Marchetta mean children people Somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted. Melina Marchetta fragments worst I didn't realize until those few days how much a hug meant. To have someone hold you could be the greatest medicine of all. Melina Marchetta hug medicine realizing My body becomes a raft and there's this part of me that wants just literally to go with the flow. To close my eyes and let it take me. But I know sooner or later I will have to get out, that I need to feel the earth beneath my feet, between my toes - the splinters, the bindi-eyes, the burning sensation of hot dirt, the sting of cuts, the twigs, the bites, the heat, the discomfort, the everything. I need desperately to feel it all, so when something wonderful happens, the contrast will be so massive that I will bottle the impact and keep it for the rest of my life. Melina Marchetta cutting eye feet Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best. Melina Marchetta worst next doors What do you think would happen if we kissed right here, right now?" he asks, digging his hands into the pockets of his khaki pants, grinning right back at me. "I think it would cause a riot." "Well, you know me," he says, lowering his head towards me. "Causing a riot is what I do best." Santangelo approaches before Griggs gets any closer and pulls him away. "Are you guys insane?" he says, irritated. "It's called peaceful coexistence, Santangelo. You should try it and if it works we may sell the idea to the Israelis and Palestinians," I say, throwing his own words back at him. Melina Marchetta hands ideas thinking But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for. Melina Marchetta forgiving grief people Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories. Melina Marchetta filth spirit memories Sometimes I feel like a junkie. One minute something happens in my life and I'm flying. Next minute I take a nose-dive and just as I'm about to hit the ground with full force something else will have me flying again. Melina Marchetta next flying noses What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand. Melina Marchetta breezy differences journey
