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“Imagine who she would be if we unleashed her onto the world. I think she would rip the breath from all of us.”
― Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

“I still wake with your name on my lips every morning.”
― Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

“He was impressed and surprised and, more than anything, he was intrigued. He was growing to enjoy the way her eyes squinted and her mouth twisted as she concentrated hard. Sometimes he heard her murmur, "Hmm, yes, I know," and he wanted to creep inside her head and join in her madness.”
― Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

“Phaedra shook her head. “If your people mean no offense, they should not speak their thoughts out loud in front of their children, Tesadora. Because it will be their children who come to slaughter us one day, all because of careless words passed down by their elders who meant no harm.”
― Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles