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“Balthazar pledged to die defending his royal house of Lumuatere. Finnikin swore to be their protector and guide for as long as he lived. Lucian vowed he would be the light whom they traveled toward in times of need.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“A man is just a woman's strategy for making other women.”
― Margaret Atwood

“You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who honors them?”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

“If there was one weapon he had against these savages, it was not acknowledging their existence.”
― Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock