“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 Copy Share Image
“When it comes to the crunch, coming out is the greatest of all confessions. Nothing is more difficult to acknowledge. When we become ourselves… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“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… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“He loved them deeply, but sometimes love becomes a power game between the ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“All truth is fiction, really, for the teller tells it as he sees it, and it might be different from some other teller.” — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“Lots of people come just to dance and have a good time. Here you can do anything you want to do, be anyone you… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“It felt right not to talk. It felt good just to be. Sometimes there was no need to fill the air with words.” — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“Harper saw a dark young guy, trying to stop from laughing so much. By some trick of perspective the tracers illuminated Sam's profile with… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“When everybody else is bending with the wind, very few people will lean against it.” — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“I have always loved long journeys. The act of leaving accustomed surroundings is a release from real time, real life. You can place that… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
“In the small things is the genetic imprint of the larger things... You must reverse the small things as well as the larger things.… — Witi Ihimaera Copy Share Image
