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According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.

According to Dickens, the first rule of human nature is self-preservation and when I forgive him for writing a character as pathetic as Oliver Twist, I'll thank him for the advice.

Melina Marchetta
Writing, Character, Self
Melina Marchetta (2010). “Jellicoe Road”, p.8, Harper Collins

You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who honors them?

Melina Marchetta
Writing, Past, Honor
Melina Marchetta (2015). “The Complete Lumatere Chronicles”, p.106, Penguin UK

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