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Oto was Jimmie’s great-great-great-grandfather; he’s one of the main characters in the story in Jimmie’s mum’s book. He meets his future wife, Anka, when she’s a baby, and they marry when Oto is in his early twenties. When Anka becomes pregnant a few years later, Mirka warns them that they need to leave their village—but the couple refuses. When the soldiers come soon after and abduct Anka, Mirka gives Oto the Bone Sparrow necklace and sends him to find Iliya, a healer who she insists can help Oto find Anka. Oto remains motivated by his love for his wife and his baby, even as Iliya seems to die. He and Anka ultimately reunite on a ship bound for Australia.
Oto Quotes in The Bone Sparrow
The The Bone Sparrow quotes below are all either spoken by Oto or refer to Oto. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 33
Quotes
I look at Harvey. I think of Oto and Anka and Iliya and Ba and Maá and Queeny and Eli and all of us. All of them all that time ago, and all of us now. Just trying to find somewhere to be safe. Just walking our journey to peace. I can hear Queeny’s words in my head and now they make sense. I get it now.
‘We’re the dead rats, Harvey. Just like Queeny said. Left out to rot so no one else bothers to try. There’s no keeping safe for us.’
Harvey looks at me like he’s never seen me before. But he doesn’t say I’m wrong.
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Oto Quotes in The Bone Sparrow
The The Bone Sparrow quotes below are all either spoken by Oto or refer to Oto. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 33
Quotes
I look at Harvey. I think of Oto and Anka and Iliya and Ba and Maá and Queeny and Eli and all of us. All of them all that time ago, and all of us now. Just trying to find somewhere to be safe. Just walking our journey to peace. I can hear Queeny’s words in my head and now they make sense. I get it now.
‘We’re the dead rats, Harvey. Just like Queeny said. Left out to rot so no one else bothers to try. There’s no keeping safe for us.’
Harvey looks at me like he’s never seen me before. But he doesn’t say I’m wrong.
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