“Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time.”

“Even the good guys,' she said, 'can't win all the time.”

“Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide.”

“... 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.”

“... sometimes love becomes a power game between ambitions that parents have for their children and the ambitions that children have for themselves.”

“Man might carve his mark on the earth but unless he's vigilant, Nature will take it all back.”

“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.”