Melina Marchetta, On The Jellicoe Road

Quotes

• “I didn't know you had a girlfriend, Griggs."Anson Choi feigns surprise. "What's her name?""I didn't actually catch her n...”
• “This is the best night of my life,"Raffy says, crying."Raffy, half our House has burnt down,"I say wearily. "We don't ha...”
• “When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life.That she had wanted to be de...”
• “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, ...”
• “What's with what you're wearing?"Griggs asks while we stand outside waiting for the others."It's pretty hideous, isn't i...”
• “It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over ...”
• “But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you ...”
• “Don't believe in God. Love the world just the way it is.”