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Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.
Melina Marchetta
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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
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Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
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And I hear nothing because it's like the volume button has been turned down on our lives and nobody has anything to say anymore. I want to be an adjective again. But I am a noun.
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When one is silent, those around speak even more.
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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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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.
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I wish everyone would stop crying, Tom. Uncle Joe would be so angry about it. But she's crying herself now. He'd be so angry at us, Tom, for crying so much when all he did was laugh.
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