He took my hand, made me stand on the branch and asked, "What can you see from here?" "Nothing" I said,"Know what I can see? From this distance everything is so bloody perfect".

— Melina Marchetta

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

How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again?

— Melina Marchetta

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

— Melina Marchetta

I can't believe I said it out loud. The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable. But free? I don't feel free. I feel like shit.

— Melina Marchetta

I determine my own worth. If I had to rely on others, I'd have lain down and died waiting.

— Melina Marchetta

I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Griggs." Anson Choi feigns surprise. "What's her name?"" I didn't actually catch her name," Griggs continues." Lily," Rafaela says over her shoulder and this time I give her a sideways look." Great to know that I'm in love with a girl with a cool name."" It's Taylor's middle name," Rafaela calls back again.

— Melina Marchetta

... I don't believe you should be a virgin when you get married,' Era said. 'You should experiment. Men do''Yes, but only if you're in love with them,' I said.

— Melina Marchetta

I don't despise you for what you allowed to happen to me. I despise you because when I was released, you refused to be found, and I needed you more than anything in my life. Not to mend my broken bones, Arturo. I needed my brother to mend my broken spirit.

— Melina Marchetta

I'd run you know. It's like when you're really busy doing something, and you don't have time to think about things. Well, I'd run and run and run, so I couldn't think.

— Melina Marchetta