Melina Marchetta Saving Francesca Quotes & Sayings

It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel. — Melina Marchetta

And in that dark silence where it seems that everyone is someplace but me, it all comes back. — Melina Marchetta

Why do I feel like something's missing in my life without them and they don't feel the same about me? — Melina Marchetta

So between you and me," I tell Justine on the phone that night, "we're either bitchy or stupid."
"Oh God," she moans. "Everyone thinks I'm an idiot."
"Thanks! — Melina Marchetta

Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?"
"I notice when you're not. Does that count? — Melina Marchetta

These guys fart a lot as well. I'm not saying that girls don't. We just aren't as passionate about them. The smell is sometimes overwhelming and I want to gag. They don't just limit these attacks to the classroom-they can come at you from anywhere around the school. The corridor, the stairwell, the canteen line. There's one area we call Fart Corridor because it belongs to the Year Eights and Nines, who are the biggest perpetrators. They make no apologies and feel no embarrassment. If a girl did one at St. Stella's she'd be an outcast for the rest of her natural life. Here, it's a badge of honor. — Melina Marchetta