It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave home without their safety nets and I think, good for them, but the thing with safety nets is this. I got tangled in them so many times and the Stella girls always seemed to leave me dangling, upside down, to the point where I almost couldn't breathe anymore.
Melina MarchettaStrange? I don't think that word comes anywhere near it. My troops are on an overnight camp three hundred kilometres away from here. I had to sleep at the Santangelo penitentiary for pre-pubescent girls.
Melina MarchettaWhat kind of freak is this kid who's giggling hysterically with the girls in the neighbouring beds, each with a crush on the other for being the same age when the rest of the world seems so old?
Melina MarchettaYou blame me for this, don't you?" he says. "I don't need to. You're doing a better job.
Melina MarchettaIn the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if weโre fortunate, we still manage to have a good life.
Melina Marchetta