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I'm sick and tired of you people living interstate and overseas from people you want to be with. You're ruining my life! All of you!

Melina Marchetta

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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
Screenwriter
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
Interstate
Ruining
Overseas
Tired
Sick
Living
Life
People

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You’re going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra', he said. 'It will make the journey faster.' 'The mule and I have an agreement.' 'The mule and you have similar traits.
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If we forget who we lost, then we forget who we once were, and if we forget who we once were, we lose sight of who we are now.
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He came third in the state for woodwork,” Francesca explains. “We actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times.
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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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Just ask how I'm feeling, I want to say. Just ask and I may tell you. But no one does.
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In a kinder world, he whispered, one I promise you I've seen, men and women flirt and dance and love with only the fear of what it would mean without the other in their lives.
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There were events that stuck in my mind. One, for example, was the case of the missing palace seal at the beginning of winter.’ ‘Oh the poor animal,’ she cried out, ‘they’re such beautiful creatures.’ ‘I’m speaking of the royal seal placed on correspondence, as you would know,’ he said.
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I'm scared to die, I whispered as Michael walked in. He was scared to live, he said kissing my forehead.
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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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And it was this image that was stamped on the hearts and minds of all who were present that day. Of Froi of the Exiles holding the future of Lumatere in his hands.
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You shy, Francesca?” Javier asks me later on. I shake my head. “Not really.” I’m just sad, I want to say. And I’m lonely.
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A clean house will result in peace in the Middle East as well.
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You can't go around feeling too much.
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I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett. I need Tim Tams and comfort food.
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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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If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?
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Sometimes I feel like a junkie. One minute something happens in my life and I'm flying. Next minute I take a nose-dive and just as I'm about to hit the ground with full force something else will have me flying again.
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You know what? You didn't do anything wrong. I did. It's this dumb thing I do. I look into things and see more than I'm supposed to.
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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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How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.
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