Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide. (p63) The Whale Rider (1987)
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 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)