"Without a good woman, there is no today, and without a good son there is no tomorrow." Part One: Pg 36
Ralph Ballantyne to Harry Mellow, referring to his wife Cathy and his son Jonathan.

"Tell him, that is not the way of the Matabele. The amadoda see no dignity nor great virtue in digging in the dirt. That is for women and amaholi." Part One: Pg 123
Gandang to Mungo St. John when Mungo shows up at his kraal in the early dawn with his troopers demanding Gandang give him two hundred men immediately to work the mine.

"From now until the hour, we must become fleas. We must live under the white men's cloak, so close to the skin that he does not see us, so close that he forgets we are there waiting to sting." Part One: Pg 130
Bazo to Gandang explaining how the remaining Matabele warriors...