“If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness thousandfold. People disappointed; animals never did.” PeopleKindnessAnimals Book:Daughter of Moloka'i Source: Daughter of Moloka'i
“Love, marriage, divorce, infidelity... life was the same here as anywhere else, wasn't? She realized now wrong she'd been; the pali wasn't a headstone and Kalaupapa wasn't a grave. It was a community like any other, bound by ties deeper than most, and people here went to their deaths as people did anywhere: with great reluctance, dragging the messy jumble of their lives behind them.” PeopleCommunityBehindsBoundsDeeperDivorceGravesTiesInfidelityMessyReluctanceHeadstoneMarriage LoveMarriage Divorce Book:Moloka'i: A Novel Source: Moloka'i: A Novel
“Hawai'i is not truly the idyllic paradise of popular songs--islands of love and tranquility, where nothing bad ever happens. It was and is a place where people work and struggle, live and die, as they do the world over.” PeopleWorldHappensSongDiesStruggleIslandsParadiseTranquilityPopular SongIdyllic Book:The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu Source: The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu
“It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history.” PeopleOrdinaryExtraordinaryIslandsSignificanceOrdinary PeopleHawaiians Book:The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu Source: The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu
“When we are young, we think life will be like a supo: one fabric, one weave, one grand design. But in truth, life turns out to be more like the patchwork cloths-bits and pieces, odds and ends-people, places, things we never expected, never wanted, perhaps.” PeopleThinkingEndsWantedYoungTurnsBitsPiecesDesignExpectedTruth Of LifeOddsFabricBits And PiecesPatchworkOdds And Ends Book:Honolulu Source: Honolulu
