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One day came. Because finally I understood.
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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We were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, she told him once. I was paper and she was rock so I lived and she died.
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We approach the house and I wave at Jimmy. And if he thinks he's eating with us, he's got another thing coming, my dad says. Jimmy approaches us and takes the shopping bags from me, looking inside them. Lamb roast. Am I invited?
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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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Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it's a gift from a king to a king, I say it's a sign from a queen to a queen.
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No chance. It'd be like cutting off our hands. Then learn to live without your hands. No, because then we won't be able to do this, Ben says, giving him the finger [...]
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I live on the Jellicoe Road. Where trees make canopies over-head and where you can sit at the top of them and see forever.
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If you weren't driving, I'd kiss you senseless, I tell him. He swerves to the side of the road and stops the car abruptly. Not driving any more.
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A home to come back to every day of their lives. Where they would all belong or long to be. A place on the Jellicoe Road.
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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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Maybe memories should be left the way they are.
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Our spirit is mightier than the filth of our memories.
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I would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or any woman I ever love to go through or feel what you're going through, but it's happened and I don't know what to do.
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So between you and me, I tell Justine on the phone that night, we're either bitchy or stupid. Oh God, she moans. Everyone thinks I'm an idiot. Thanks!
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The idea that God works in mysterious ways is rubbish. There’s nothing mysterious about his ways. They’re premeditated and slightly conniving, and they place you in an impossible situation.
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I'm not interested in those who do me wrong. There's not enough time in the day for them.
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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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Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices.
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