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“When one is silent, those around speak even more.”

Melina Marchetta Finnikin of the Rock

Source: Finnikin of the Rock

“Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part of me is stranger to you and I'll destroy that part of me.'
And she wept to hear his words.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Quintana of Charyn

“You go shake your foundations, Will. I think it's about time I saved myself.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Saving Francesca

“I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develop a bit of a crush on him.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“And then their voices stopped and their souls stood still and they ceased being who they had been. Because who they were had always been determined by him.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being part of him. Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“Do you think I don't want him to be gone more than you do? I do. Because I need to know that I can still breathe properly when he's not around. If something happens to him, I have to know that I won't fall apart…”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“Do you love me?’ he asked instead. ‘Because if you don’t, I’d wait until you did. I’d wait weeks and months and years.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Quintana of Charyn

“Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.”

Melina Marchetta book Looking for Alibrandi

Source: Looking for Alibrandi

“I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you."
He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight tone.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered and every secret will be made known.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“I'm sorry," he says, "for that time I kissed you at that party and for that time at the wedding and more than anything for the thousand times that I wanted to and didn't have the guts to.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Saving Francesca

“But grieving people are selfish. They won’t let you comfort them and they say you don’t understand and they make you feel useless when all your life you’ve been functional to them.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: The Piper's Son

“What if she's all I give you in this life of ours, my love?" she asked quietly.
"Then I'll shout at the goddess in fury," he said fiercely. "I'll beg to know why I've been given so much when other men have so little.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Quintana of Charyn

“You just have to belong. Long to be.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across.”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“His voice is deep and gravelly. I once heard one of the girls say that he had the voice of a sex god, but because I've never really heard what a sex god sounds like, I can't verify that.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Saving Francesca

“So why would I want someone to be my everything when one day they might not be around?”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

“When I grow up, I'm going to be my mother.”

Melina Marchetta

Source: Saving Francesca