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She gently placed his hand against the beating pulse of her heart. Always, always it beat out of control, and he held his hand to it until he felt it perfectly match his.

She gently placed his hand against the beating pulse of her heart. Always, always it beat out of control, and he held his hand to it until he felt it perfectly match his.

Melina Marchetta
Heart, Hands, Pulse
Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.233, Penguin UK

Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating And, babe, I need you to make things real. Walk inside me without silence, Kill the past and change the tense. Empty gnawing and the ache is soaring; Take me places that make more sense.

Melina Marchetta
Real, Heart, Past

Maybe she'd always been there. Maybe strangers enter your heart first and then you spent the rest of your life searching for them.

Melina Marchetta
Heart, Rest Of Your Life, Firsts

Sometimes Thomas Mackee will stick an earphone into my ear and ask me to listen to a song. When I get over the revulsion of putting something in my ear that's been in his, I sit back and let the music take over, and for a half hour there's something comforting about someone's heart beating at the same rhythm as mine.

Melina Marchetta
Song, Heart, Comforting
Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.105, Knopf Books for Young Readers

How seven days had passed since she had disappeared from existence. That it would take the eyes of the gods to find her. Or the heart of the Lumateran exile.

Melina Marchetta
Heart, Eye, Seven Days
Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.874, Penguin UK

Froi saw the foolishness of dreamers, and he decided he'd like to die so foolish. With a dream in his heart about the possibilities, rather than a chain of hopelessness.

Melina Marchetta
Dream, Heart, Saws

If I did something to hurt Frankie and she said that I was never getting near her heart again, I’d spent the rest of my life trying anyway. That’s the difference between you and me, Tom. I’d go back to the moment it all fell apart and I’d start there.

Melina Marchetta
Hurt, Heart, Differences

Men don't rape women because their women are ugly," cousin Jostien said, but there was a protest at his words. "That's what my fa said! He says that inside their hearts and spirits they are nothing but little men who need to feel powerful.

Melina Marchetta
Cousin, Powerful, Heart
Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.465, Penguin UK

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.

Melina Marchetta
Heart, Hands, Mind

The head nerd of the Cadets is my partner and when it's over he asks me for my number. I'm very flattered and he looks a bit crestfallen when I say no. "It's because they don't have coverage out here," Griggs tells him. "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, Numbers, Nerd

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

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