"I don't know whether I could have survived by sheer stubbornness, if it weren't for Octavia. I probably could

"I don't know whether I could have survived by sheer stubbornness, if it weren't for Octavia. I probably couldn't have. I would have just given up and died. But I had to pull my girl out of that meat grinder. And she... She believed in me, and had enough hope for both of us. When I lay there with my back slashed to pieces, she whispered to me about the River Kingdoms, where there's no slavery, where everyone can go wherever they want – and take whatever they want."