There will be no 'one day,'" I yell. "Because holidays are over, Griggs, and you and I are never going to cross paths again. Not in the next ten days. Not ever! Have a fantastic life.
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"Be careful what you wish for," he says with quiet menace, "because I'm about this close to telling you to get the fuck out of my life."
I stare at him.
"What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.

Melina Marchetta

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It's called peaceful coexistence, Santangelo. You should try it and if it works we may sell the idea to the Israelis and Palestinians

Melina Marchetta

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Teresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing?" Raffy says in an irritated voice. "It's war. You go in and you hunt him down until he realises that he's made a mistake.

Melina Marchetta

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And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.

Melina Marchetta

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Great to know that I'm in love with a girl with a cool name."
"It's Taylor's middle name,

Melina Marchetta

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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

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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

Tags: love family grief jellicoe-road melina-marchetta

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Promise me you'll never stop dreaming.

Melina Marchetta

Tags: dreaming wishing promises-in-death hoping

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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

Tags: book

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I miss the Stella girls telling me what I am. That I'm sweet and placid and accommodating and loyal and nonthreatening and good to have around. And Mia. I want her to say, "Frankie, you're silly, you're lazy, you're talented, you're passionate, you're restrained, you're blossoming, you're contrary."

I want to be an adjective again. But I'm a noun.

A nothing. A nobody. A no one.

Melina Marchetta

Tags: young-adult

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