“Life's about a hell of a lot more than being happy. It's about feeling the full range of stuff: happiness, sadness, anger, grief, love, hate. If you try to shut one of those off, you shut them all off. I don't want to be happy. I know I won't live happily ever after. I want more than that, something richer. I want to go right up close to the beauty and the ugliness. I want to see it all, know it all, understand it all. The richness and the powerty, the joy and the cruelty, the sweetness and the sadness. That's the best way I can honour my friends who died.” IfsKnowsWayWantTryingI CanFeelingsJoyHateStuffGriefHellSadnessMy FriendsDiedBest WayCrueltyRangeHonourSweetnessUglinessRichnessLove HateHappily Ever AfterEver AfterWant To Be HappyKnow It AllHappiness Sadness Author:John Marsden
“I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.” IfsThinkingWantedSuperwomanSuper Woman Book:A Killing Frost Source: A Killing Frost
“I'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I spent too long away from all that I'd die; I don't know what of, I just knew I'd die.” IfsKnowsPersonsLongBigsDiesSkyMountainEmptyClimbsClimbingMountaineeringMountain ClimbingBackpacking Book:A Killing Frost Source: A Killing Frost
“So I found myself telling my own stories. It was strange: as I did it I realised how much we get shaped by our stories. It's like the stories of our lives make us the people we are. If someone had no stories, they wouldn't be human, wouldn't exist. And if my stories had been different I wouldn't be the person I am.” PeopleIfsHumansPersonsDifferentStoriesFoundMy OwnOur LivesStrangeRealised Book:The Night is for Hunting Source: The Night is for Hunting
“It seems like suffering's the only time we can see what's essential. If peace ever comes back I'm making a vow: I'll design myself special glasses. They'll block out whether people are fat or thin or beautiful or weird-looking, whether they have pimples or birthmarks or different coloured skin. They'll do everything suffering's done for us, but without the pain. I'm going to wear those glasses for the rest of my life.” PeopleIfsDifferentDoneSeemsPainBeautifulSufferingSpecialDesignEssentialsSkinsGlassesFatsBlockOnly TimeVowPimplesBirthmarks Book:The Night is for Hunting Source: The Night is for Hunting
“I wonder if they realize how much I notice about them They probably haven't a clue because I never look at them or show the slightest interest. But I'm very aware of everything. I remember seeing an old film once where a father says to his son: "Son when your mouth's open you're not learning anything." If that's true then I'm well on the way to becoming the world's wisest woman.” IfsWorldWayWellsLooksShowsRememberFilmFatherInterestRealizingWonderSeeingHavensSonBecomingMouthsClueWisest Author:John Marsden
“Pale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if you would one day melt. I thought that ice would melt with warmth, But there were thing I did not know: The sun can touch the outer layers But does not reach the deepest snow. Winter sometimes seems like years, Summer's sometimes far away, But winter always turns to summer, As surely as does night to day.” IfsKnowsYearsDoeSometimesSeemsNightTurnsFeltSunOne DaySummerWinterSnowIceWarmthLayersFar AwayPaleWinter Snow Author:John Marsden
“If you added up all the really significant episodes in your life they'd probably come to less than sixty minutes.” IfsMinutesSignificantEpisodesSixtySixty Minutes Book:Marsden on Marsden Source: Marsden on Marsden
