Sir Topher finally looked up. “Because any hope beyond that,... - Melina Marchetta, Finnikin of the Rock

"He hesitated, remembering something Finnikin had said to him on their journey. That somehow, even in the worst of times, the tiniest fragments of good survive. It was the grip in which one held those fragments that counted."

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

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