“He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“Der Mensch mag sein moko (Tätowierung) in die Erde tätowieren, aber sobald seine Wachsamkeit nachlässt, nimmt die Natur sich zurück, was er sich angeeignet hatte, um seine Eitelkeit zu befriedigen.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“... the love which Kahu received from Koro Apirana was the sort that dropped off the edge of the table, like breadcrumbs after everybody else has had a big meal.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“... sometimes love becomes a power game between ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
“Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back.”
― Witi Ihimaera, quote from The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera
Born place: in Gisborne, New Zealand
Born date February 7, 1944
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“Wherever you are, I'll be there. Remember?”
― Emily Murdoch, quote from If You Find Me
“I think people immediately assumed I was yours so they stayed far away.” He met my eyes and smiled. “I was. I am.” He leaned forward and brushed his lips to mine. “Yours.”
― Amy Tintera, quote from Reboot
“Caring about someone is scary, Mac. I know. Especially when you’ve lost people. It’s easy to think it’s not worth it. It’s easy to think life will hurt less if you don’t. But it’s not life unless you care about it.”
― Victoria Schwab, quote from The Unbound
“I could have been killed, and their response is to film me?...In that moment, the myth that every time your picture is taken, a part of your soul is stolen strikes me as a certain truth, because I feel my spirit being sucked out of me, into hundreds of all-seeing lenses that simply want to capture my fear, my anger, my performance.”
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