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Simple dreams are the hardest to come true

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Come
Hardest
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Scatter?' Tate said. 'Why? We stay here. Why go anywhere else?' 'Because we'll never know how great this place is until we leave it,' Narnie said.
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If I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.
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According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.
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Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.
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I'm beginning to realize that things don't turn out the way you want them to. And sometimes, when they don't they can turn out just a little bit better.
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You don't die. You just... get really angry and then after you're angry you hurt a lot and then the best thing is that one day you remember something she said or did and you laugh instead of crying.
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It is what a man does for strangers that counts more than what he does for his family.
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In the end, the sum of my vices is all me.
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Everyone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.
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Maybe memories should be left the way they are.
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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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We pass more women with swollen bellies hurrying towards the godshouse and Arjuro presses a kiss to Tariq's outstretched fingers. 'She's mocking me, runt of our litter,' Arjuro tells him. 'The Oracle is mocking me for choosing a man to share my bed. And her punishment is that I spend the rest of eternity staring between the legs of women.
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People aren’t interested in the truth, Dafar. They’re interested in what keeps them safe. They’re interested in being looked after. They’re interested in a tale being spun... Mighty men have moments of great despair that common people do not want to know about.
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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.
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I’m frightened that one morning there will not be enough to keep me going.
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Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs
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Come here,” she says. “No, you come here.” “I said it first.” “Rock paper scissors.” “No. Because you’ll do nerdy calculations and work out what I chose the last six times and then you’ll win.” Will pushes away from the table and his hand snakes out and he pulls her toward him and Tom figures that Will was always going to go to her first.
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A clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.
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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.
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