"I was accustomed to a great deal of physical freedom - days spent working outside in the rice paddies or playing in the fields beyond our house. The only time I'd been confined to a small space was when I watched from the bamboo basket as my mother was killed. The crib was terrifying - not only because it was too small for me to move around much but mainly because I wasn't able to get in or out of my own free will. Another person had control over my movements - a violation of the human spirit I had never experienced before." - Elizabeth Kim, Ten Thousand Sorrows.
"Do you know what Balthazar's last words were Finnikin? 'Find Finnikin of the Rock. He'll know what to do'. But I couldn't find you, Finnikin. For so long, I couldn't find you..."
Finnikin of the Rock
"Even though life scares me, I still want to fly." -My Big Birkett, Lisa Shannan