This quote always makes me laugh.
“If you weren't driving, I'd kiss you senseless," I tell him.
He swerves to the side of the road and stops the car abruptly.
"Not driving any more.”
- On The Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
30 Day Jellicoe Challenge - Day 1
“It's funny how you can forget everything except people loving you. Maybe that's why humans find it so hard getting over love affairs. It's not the pain they're getting over, it's the love.”
- On The Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta
- On The Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta
30 Day Jellicoe Challenge
So I've decided that I'm going to share with you 30 of my most favourite On The Jellicoe Road quotes in 30 days. They will appear in no particular order. I hope they make you laugh, deeply think, sigh and cry just like they do to me! I'd love for you leave a comment regarding your thoughts on either the book or others Melina Marchetta has written or your thoughts on the quote for the day.
--thegirlinpink..
--thegirlinpink..
Monday, May 28, 2012
My drug, On The Jellicoe Road
**Please note this is not a review, though SPOILER ALERT is activated (just in case I get ahead of myself)**
When I doubt myself I turn to my favourite book. For inspiration and guidance and for funny and meaningful quotes. But most of all I go to escape. I escape the world around me and for however long - ten minutes or 3 hours - it's just me and my book. Just me and the story of Taylor Markham and how she finds she came to be on the Jellicoe Road.
That's the title you know? On The Jellicoe Road.
It's written by my cousin, Melina Marchetta.
To be completely honest with you I don't know what it is about this book that has me wrapped around it's (pages) so to speak. But there are times when I find myself completely lost and in need of reassurance. I don't sleep or eat my worries away like some would, I pick up this book and read it because for some unknown reason, the story of Taylor Markham's life and how she came to be on the Jellicoe Road, is my fix. Kind of like a drug. This book is my drug. It's not shortening my lifespan nor does it affect my relationship with those around me. It's a safe drug, my drug.
Sometimes I read my favourite chapters or sometimes I read the whole thing. I'm currently in the midst of reading it for the 9th time. And I don't have to exaggerate that fact.
Melina has set this book out beautifully and has the two-stories-in-one thing happening. But I'm not a reviewer so I'm not going to get into every damned detail to prove its worth to you. I'm simply going to say this...
Read it because it may change your life and, if it fails to do so (which it won't, but if it does), you have supported my wonderfully talented cousin, so thanks.
Anyway, I can't really put into words how or why this book is so close to me because I don't know yet. Maybe one day, when the fog clears something will hit me SMACK! in the face saying 'this is why you love it so much. This is why it's meaningful!' but until then I'm going to love it and read it 'til the edges are even more worn (if that's possible which I'm sure it is).
So here is a small piece of the Prologue. Enjoy.
--the girl in pink..
When I doubt myself I turn to my favourite book. For inspiration and guidance and for funny and meaningful quotes. But most of all I go to escape. I escape the world around me and for however long - ten minutes or 3 hours - it's just me and my book. Just me and the story of Taylor Markham and how she finds she came to be on the Jellicoe Road.
That's the title you know? On The Jellicoe Road.
It's written by my cousin, Melina Marchetta.
To be completely honest with you I don't know what it is about this book that has me wrapped around it's (pages) so to speak. But there are times when I find myself completely lost and in need of reassurance. I don't sleep or eat my worries away like some would, I pick up this book and read it because for some unknown reason, the story of Taylor Markham's life and how she came to be on the Jellicoe Road, is my fix. Kind of like a drug. This book is my drug. It's not shortening my lifespan nor does it affect my relationship with those around me. It's a safe drug, my drug.
Sometimes I read my favourite chapters or sometimes I read the whole thing. I'm currently in the midst of reading it for the 9th time. And I don't have to exaggerate that fact.
Melina has set this book out beautifully and has the two-stories-in-one thing happening. But I'm not a reviewer so I'm not going to get into every damned detail to prove its worth to you. I'm simply going to say this...
Read it because it may change your life and, if it fails to do so (which it won't, but if it does), you have supported my wonderfully talented cousin, so thanks.
Anyway, I can't really put into words how or why this book is so close to me because I don't know yet. Maybe one day, when the fog clears something will hit me SMACK! in the face saying 'this is why you love it so much. This is why it's meaningful!' but until then I'm going to love it and read it 'til the edges are even more worn (if that's possible which I'm sure it is).
So here is a small piece of the Prologue. Enjoy.
--the girl in pink..
“My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.
I counted.
It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen, where trees made breezy canopies like a tunnel to Shangri-La. We were going to the ocean, hundreds of miles away, because I wanted to see the ocean and my father said that it was about time the four of us made that journey. I remember asking, 'What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,' and that was the last thing he ever said.”
I counted.
It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen, where trees made breezy canopies like a tunnel to Shangri-La. We were going to the ocean, hundreds of miles away, because I wanted to see the ocean and my father said that it was about time the four of us made that journey. I remember asking, 'What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?' and my father said, 'Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,' and that was the last thing he ever said.”
- On The Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Daily Inspiration
Here's some inspiration.
There are times in life when things don't always go your way. There are times when successes almost always result in losses. There are times we blink and miss things and times we wait for no reason. I live and love and learn because that's what I was put on this Earth to do. So there.
- Me
--thegirlinpink..
There are times in life when things don't always go your way. There are times when successes almost always result in losses. There are times we blink and miss things and times we wait for no reason. I live and love and learn because that's what I was put on this Earth to do. So there.
- Me
--thegirlinpink..
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Welcome!
Hi.
I don’t know who you are but if you’re reading this thanks!
Ok, well I’d ask how you are but I think we both know that, that could possibly be the most ridiculous thing anyone who is blogging can do. But you know what? I want you to tell me how you are. I want you to feel good about yourself. Feel good about running late to UNI because your Vanilla Latte took longer to make than usual. Feel great about the dog poo you almost stood on but missed by a few centimetres. Feel ALIVE. You know why? Because there is only one you and that one you has only one life and in case that wasn’t clear you only live once.
So, with that said. I’m me and I feel great and I hope that by creating this blog it makes you feel great everyday. The name typewritersandall was chosen by a friend of mine and does my love for writing a great deal of justice.
I’m hoping this blog will not only be led by what I’m digging at the time, but also by what you guys think so make sure to let me know by leaving a comment!
Well, until we meet again - in my next post or whatever.
Au Revoir!
-thegirlinpink..
I don’t know who you are but if you’re reading this thanks!
Ok, well I’d ask how you are but I think we both know that, that could possibly be the most ridiculous thing anyone who is blogging can do. But you know what? I want you to tell me how you are. I want you to feel good about yourself. Feel good about running late to UNI because your Vanilla Latte took longer to make than usual. Feel great about the dog poo you almost stood on but missed by a few centimetres. Feel ALIVE. You know why? Because there is only one you and that one you has only one life and in case that wasn’t clear you only live once.
So, with that said. I’m me and I feel great and I hope that by creating this blog it makes you feel great everyday. The name typewritersandall was chosen by a friend of mine and does my love for writing a great deal of justice.
I’m hoping this blog will not only be led by what I’m digging at the time, but also by what you guys think so make sure to let me know by leaving a comment!
Well, until we meet again - in my next post or whatever.
Au Revoir!
-thegirlinpink..
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