He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him... - Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

"Then I choose to drown. In hope. Rather than float into nothing."

"Sir Topher finally looked up. “Because any hope beyond that, my boy, would be too much. I feared we would drown in it.”"Then I choose to drown,” Finnikin said. “In hope. Rather than float into nothing."

"It’s against the rules of humanity to believe there is nothing we can do."