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I don't care what my friends think. You care what they'l do when they remember that you're the one with personality.
Melina Marchetta
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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
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Carmelina Marchetta
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And suddenly I know I have to go. But this time without being chased by the Brigadier, without experiencing the kindness of a postman from Yass, and without taking along a Cadet who will change the way I breath for the rest of my life.
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Froi saw the foolishness of dreamers, and he decided he'd like to die so foolish. With a dream in his heart about the possibilities, rather than a chain of hopelessness.
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Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame.
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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.
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I'll run one day. Run for my life. To be free and think for myself...I'll run to be emancipated.
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Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.
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She was the most beautiful woman in the world. If she was alive I'd probably be a better person.
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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
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Just say up on the hill is the meaning of life and someone knew it and they wanted everyone else to enjoy it. So they put a red vinyl sofa up there.
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What do you want from me? he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.
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What kind of freak is this kid who's giggling hysterically with the girls in the neighbouring beds, each with a crush on the other for being the same age when the rest of the world seems so old?
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There's not much you need to know about the world. Except how to use a sword and trust very few.
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She asked me what type of contraceptive I use. Underwear. Keeping it on prevents pregnancy.
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Where did this come from? Do you know what this is? Luca is going to sneak out of bed in the middle of the night and squirt it on his tongue. It's like drugs for ten-year-olds. Today it's Ice Magic. Tomorrow, heroin.
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Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.
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I don't say anything and he casually leans against my desk, picking up the novel that's sitting there. It's bullshit, he tells me, flicking through it. There's no such thing as Atticus Finch. I shrug. It'd be nice if there was, though.
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You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who honors them?
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he knew that a part of his life was complete and that whatever path he chose, he would experience the ache of unfulfilled dreams.
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God knows what possessed me, but having that science book in my hand propelled me to immediate action. So I hit her with it.
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I want to be sitting in front of my computer, where you can press a button to block out your junk mail. These two are my junk mail.
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