She misses him more now than when he was away 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 memoriesfatherlying 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 townshalffather I think that we vote, not to get the best party in, but to keep the worst party out. Melina Marchetta votepartythinking I've been passionate about two things in my life. One was Christina Alibrandi. The other is Josephine Alibrandi. Melina Marchetta two-thingspassionatetwo Even five minutes of your time can make someone's day. Melina Marchetta five-minutesfiveminutes City people. They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure. Melina Marchetta fightingcitiespeople Simple dreams are the hardest to come true Melina Marchetta hardestsimpledream Do something that scares you everyday. Melina Marchetta saving-francescascareeveryday And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die. Melina Marchetta strangekindgoes-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 meanchildrenpeople 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 fragmentsworst 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 hugmedicinerealizing 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 cuttingeyefeet Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best. Melina Marchetta worstnextdoors 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 handsideasthinking 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 forgivinggriefpeople Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories. Melina Marchetta filthspiritmemories 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 nextflyingnoses What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand. Melina Marchetta breezydifferencesjourney But you're almost eighteen. You're old enough. Everyone else is doing it. And next year someone is going to say to someone else 'but you're only sixteen, everyone else is doing it' Or one day someone will tell your daughter that she's only thirteen and everyone else is doing it. I don't want to do it because everyone else is doing it. Melina Marchetta one-daydaughteryears
