" I'm in love. I don't want to be in love with Jacob Coote. I want to be in love with John Barton and have people look upon me with envy, but John doesn't make me feel like this. I'm beginning to realise that things don't turn out the way you want them to.
and sometimes, when they don't, they can turn out just a little bit better. "

― Melina Marchetta , Looking for Alibrandi