Melina Marchetta

"She knows that feeling too. Of believing that each time someone says her name, it’s to tell her that something bad has happened."

"He knows bad days. Bad days take him completely by surprise. They make him not trust the good days because it's likely something is lurking twenty-four hours away."

"In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if we’re fortunate, we still manage to have a good life."

"Tom always did anger well. Hid it well, but showed it even better."

"But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about the touch of earth in his hands that made him feel worthwhile."

"It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do."