Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?' she asks earnestly. I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb once said that a Narnie smile was a revelation and, at this moment, I need a revelation. And I get one. 'I wonder,' Hannah says.
Melina MarchettaWe look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've just never had to practise it.
Melina MarchettaTeresa, Teresa. Have we taught you nothing?" Raffy says in an irritated voice. "It's war. You go in and you hunt him down until he realises that he's made a mistake.
Melina MarchettaI live on the Jellicoe Road. Where trees make canopies over-head and where you can sit at the top of them and see forever.
Melina MarchettaEveryone had told him to be strong for her, but Finnikin didn't know how to be strong for himself.
Melina MarchettaHe knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was.
Melina Marchetta