„This is war," he say quietly.
"Well thank God you're dressed for it, Griggs.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
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204 1Melina Marchetta
Geburtstag: 25. März 1965
Andere Namen: מלינה מארג'יטה
Melina Marchetta is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of novels, Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road. She has twice been awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, in 1993 and 2004. For Jellicoe Road she won the 2009 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association, recognising the year's best book for young adults. Marchetta holds a name for being one of the more prominent Australian Authors of present time in Young-Adult Fiction.
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„This is war," he say quietly.
„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.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes… and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„Hold my hand because I might disappear.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.“
— Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock
Quelle: Finnikin of the Rock
„Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„When I turn around, he cups my face in his hands and he kisses me so deeply that I don't know who is breathing for who, but his mouth and tongue taste like warm honey. I don't know how long it lasts, but when I let go of him, I miss it already.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„Comfort zones are overrated. They make you lazy.“
Quelle: Saving Francesca
„Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„From this distance everything is so bloody perfect.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?“
— Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock
Quelle: Finnikin of the Rock
„And life goes on, which seems kind of strange and cruel when you're watching someone die.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„How can you just forget a person completely until the moment you see his face again?“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
„he tells me in a tone full of ice, 'underestimate who or what I care for.“
— Melina Marchetta, buch On the Jellicoe Road
Quelle: On the Jellicoe Road
