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Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then I can slap myself into reality and

Jonah Griggs. Not just a name but a state of mind I never want to revisit, although I do keep him at the back of my mind for those times I get me hopes raised about something. So then I can slap myself into reality and remind myself of what happens when you let someone into your sacred space. Jonah Griggs is my second reminder to never ever trust another human being. My mother was first.

Melina Marchetta
Mother, Reality, Names

Taylor Markham," said Raffaela, "I'm going to say a prayer for you." And although I wanted to mock her and explain I didn't believe in anything or anyone, I realised that no one had ever prayed for me before. So I let her.

Melina Marchetta
Prayer, Believe, Said

She's tired and leans her head on his shoulder, which is the resting place for all their heads, but when Justine and Siobhan and Francesca use his body so shamelessly he doesn't feel the need to turn his head and press his mouth against their hair.

Melina Marchetta
Tired, Hair, Needs

I don't want to let go, because tonight I'm not looking for anything more than being part of him. Because being part of him isn't just anything. It's kind of everything.

Melina Marchetta
Letting Go, Tonight, Want

The two horsewomen of the apocalypse still win, despite their dwindling numbers.

Melina Marchetta
Winning, Two, Numbers

Great to know that I'm in love with a girl with a cool name." "It's Taylor's middle name.

Melina Marchetta
Girl, Names, Middle

We were playing Rock, Paper, Scissors," she told him once. "I was paper and she was rock so I lived and she died.

Melina Marchetta
Rocks, Paper, Scissors
Melina Marchetta (2010). “Jellicoe Road”, p.30, Harper Collins

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.

Melina Marchetta
War, Mistake, Voice

When he wins the bet, I tell Griggs that it will take me a lifetime to save up two trillion dollars and he tells me that he's only giving me seventy years.

Melina Marchetta
Winning, Years, Two

It's called peaceful coexistence, Santangelo. You should try it and if it works we may sell the idea to the Israelis and Palestinians

Melina Marchetta
Ideas, Peaceful, Trying

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 [...]

Melina Marchetta
Cutting, Hands, Giving

See, I remember love. That's what people don't understand.

Melina Marchetta
People, Remember

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
Kissing, Car, Sides

No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

Melina Marchetta
Heart, Looks, Bottles
Melina Marchetta (2006). “On The Jellicoe Road”, p.190, Penguin UK

Finn, listen!" Trevanion said, his voice raw."I prayed to see you one more time. It's all I prayed for. Nothing more. And my prayers were answered. Go east, I'll lend them west." "We have a dilemma, then," Finnikin said fiercely. "Because I prayed that you would grow old and hold my children in your arms as you held me. My prayers have not been answered yet, Trevanion. So whose prayer is more worthy? Yours or mine?

Melina Marchetta
Prayer, Children, Voice

A very underestimated part of the world, The Entrance is.

Melina Marchetta
World, Entrances, Underestimated

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