Youre going to go on living. Because living is the challenge, Josie. Dying is so easy.
Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to die. But living? That can take you eighty years and you do something in that time, whether its giving birth to a baby or being a housewife or a barrister or
a soldier. Youve accomplished something. To throw that away at such a young age, to have no
hope, is the biggest tragedy.
'Theres nothing to look forward to if you dont have any dreams, he said. Because
dreams are goals and John might have run out of goals. So he died. But were alive and one day
I want to own my own garage and you want to be a hot-shot barrister and its not going to happen
today or tomorrow, its going to happen in years and its something to look forward to. Promise
me youll never stop dreaming.
- Melina Marchetta





