Meggie forced herself to believe that things would be better for the children, otherwise what was the point of it all?
-- Narrator (Prologue)

Importance: This quote perfectly captures the importance of hope in the novel. Callum and Sephy bond over their hope of a better world. On the other hand, Jude and Ryan take their dreams of equality to the extreme. While the Liberation Militia claims to promote peace, it does so through violent-- and therefore, counterintuitive-- means. Hope also brings the novel full circle. In the prologue, Meggie hopes that her kids will live in a better world than the one she grew up in. At the end of the novel, both Callum and Sephy share this hope of Meggie’s. In choosing to save their baby’s life, Callum and Sephy demonstrate the extent of their hope for a better future.

There's more to life than just us noughts and you...
-- Callum (chapter 1)