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Witi Ihimaera Quotes

born 1944 New Zealand

New Zealand
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Also known as: Te mea te mea

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14 quotes

When everybody else is bending with the wind, very few people will lean against it.

Sky Dancer (2005)

This is where we start. Let it be blank. Blank is different from nothing.”

Pūrākau: Māori Myths Retold by Māori Writers (2019)

Alas, being a New Zealander is such an exquisite dilemma.

When you're sorting yourself out, family are not often the ones you can turn to. They represent the place of departure and not the place of arrival.”

Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1995)

We bow only to the highest mountain.

The Rope of Man (2005)

Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide. (p63)

The Whale Rider (1987)

Hui e, haumi e, taiki e.
Let it be done.

The Whale Rider (1987)

He raised his arms as if to claw down the sky upon him. (p133)

The Whale Rider (1987)

It felt right not to talk. It felt good just to be. Sometimes there was no need to fill the air with words.”

The Uncle's Story (2002)

In the small things is the genetic imprint of the larger things... You must reverse the small things as well as the larger things. You must learn to see not just with your eyes but with your heart and intelligence.

Sky Dancer (2005)

Lots of people come just to dance and have a good time. Here you can do anything you want to do, be anyone you want to be. It's called freedom. Be careful, it can be contagious.

The Uncle's Story (2002)

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. (p66)

The Whale Rider (1987)

The moon was drenching the sky with loneliness. (p107)

The Whale Rider (1987)

The muted thunder boomed underwater like a great door opening far away. Suddenly the sea was filled with awesome singing, a song with eternity in it. (p95)

The Whale Rider (1987)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Witi Ihimaera (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.