Beneath the Kauri Tree Quotes

“Now you’ve touched me.” Matariki helped Kupe up. “And the world didn’t end.” Kupe shrugged. “The bullets didn’t rain on us yesterday either,” he replied without looking at her. Matariki, however, forced eye contact. “You didn’t really believe that, did you?” she asked. Kupe looked to the ground. “If I’d believed it, I wouldn’t have run away, would I? Will you tell your father that I fled?” Matariki raised her eyebrows. “Didn’t he run himself?” she asked. “I didn’t see him once the worst of the fighting started. Besides, you were looking after me. Then again, maybe a warrior chieftain becomes invisible when singing rire, rire.”
― Sarah Lark, Beneath the Kauri Tree

“No obstante la humanidad tarde a veces mucho hasta llegar a reconocer que es erróneo. Acuérdese de la esclavitud.”
― Sarah Lark, Beneath the Kauri Tree