Jellicoe Road Quotes

“What do you want from me?" he asks.
What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him.
More.”
― Melina Marchetta, 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, On the Jellicoe Road

“Hold my hand because I might disappear.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“So, like I asked, what’s with the nightie?”

“It smells like what I always think mothers smell like,” I tell him honestly, knowing I don’t have to explain.

He nods. “My mum has one just the same and you have no idea how disturbing it is that it’s turning me on.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“A home to come back to every day of their lives.
Where they would all belong or long to be.
A place on the Jellicoe Road.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“I can't wait to tell him one day," she says with a giggle. "'Hey, Chaz, guess what? We knew where your precious car was all the time.' I'd like to take a photo of his face. What do you think?"
"I reckon I'd smile really nicely in the photo," Santangelo says behind me, yanking me out of the way, "knowing that you'll be keeping it under your pillow for the rest of your life.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?"
"Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.”
― Melina Marchetta

“Hannah’s house has been unfinished ever since I can remember. Deep down I think that’s always been a comfort to me, because people don’t leave unfinished houses.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“...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, On the Jellicoe Road

“And then he told me to close my eyes. And I think I've been frightened to do just that ever since.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“If you close your eyes, you get to control your own darkness.”
― Melina Marchetta

“There's no such thing as Atticus Finch.'
I shrug. 'It'd be good if there was, though.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“And he knew that, but all his life he'd been treated like crap to the point that he believed he was crap. He'd never done anything good and nobody had ever said anything positive about him.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road