Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed. 'The first one. I really resent being called the second.
Melina MarchettaFroi saw the foolishness of dreamers, and he decided he'd like to die so foolish. With a dream in his heart about the possibilities, rather than a chain of hopelessness.
Melina MarchettaI would rather die than ever see you suffering this way. I don't want you or any child I ever have or any woman I ever love to go through or feel what you're going through, but it's happened and I don't know what to do.
Melina MarchettaIf I want more, I need to go and get it, demand it, take hold of it with all my might, and do the best I can with it.
Melina MarchettaInstinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and Hannah. My mother deserted me at the 7-Eleven, hundred of kilometers away from home. Hannah, however, did the unforgivable. She deserted me in our own backyard.
Melina Marchetta