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See, I remember love. That's what people don't understand.

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Understand
Remember
Love
People

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Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?
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Is your queen what you are searching for in a woman, Froi? I never imagined I was looking for something in a woman. But if I did, I'd have to judge her by the way I felt laying beside her before I went to sleep at night and how I felt in the morning waking up to her. Oh, too profound, my friend. Much too profound.
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