A review by jacqui_des
The Night Is for Hunting by John Marsden

4.0

5-Word Review: (for the series)
Tense, gripping, suspenseful, teenage heroism

Memorable Quotes

"The sun sat up there all day without moving. It saw everything and it forgave nothing. Sometimes it seemed like you were alone in the world, you and the sun, and at those times you could understand why people in the old days feared and worshipped it."

"......he didn’t say anything about the boys being rough. Next to some of the boys, we were Qantas stewardesses."

"Today we party, tomorrow we die."

"I thought about the things Fi said, and wondered if I’d ever get back a sense of humour. Or is it like trust, virginity and Easter eggs: gone once, gone forever?"

"There were more important things in life. Sometimes being in the right wasn’t the end of the story."

"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."

"Now I wondered if the opposite to identity was war. By separating us from our pasts, by tearing out all the previous pages of our lives, war had left us with nothing."

"Even as he pulled the trigger he knew he’d made a mistake, but guns don’t know about mistakes. Guns don’t believe in mistakes."

"Once again we had killed others so we could stay alive."

"It seems like suffering’s the only time we can see what’s essential."