Dragonfruit Quotes

“I hope that the foolish things we do when we're sixteen, seventeen, twenty, whenever - I hope they don't define who we are forever.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“May Taga find your spirit and guide you home
to the sea beyond.
In clear water
where danger will never catch you.
Among the coral and caves
where the bounty is full.
Alongside your ancestors
and their ancestors
that loneliness never hold you.
His kingdom your own
beloved child of the gods.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“We are defined by our hardships, Hanaleiarihi, and how we face them. We are made stronger or weaker by those we hold closest to us.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“We are defined by our hardships, and how we face them. We are made stronger or weaker by those we hold closest to us.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“his face was the red of a boiled crab shell.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“It was one thing to pretend she was from nowhere. It was another to understand exactly where she came from and know she could never return.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“There’s nothing for you on Tamarind, Hanalei. Your family’s dead. You’re all alone. No one’s coming for you. Captain Bragadin had been wrong. She was not alone. Someone had come for her.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“We are defined by our hardships, Hanaleiarihi, and how we face them. We are made stronger or weaker by those we hold closest to us.” She dropped her hand. “Look after each other. Come home safely.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“sam was quiet, sometimes it hurt to look at her and know at closely they had come to missing one another”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“Sam was quiet. Sometimes it was hard to look at her”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit

“Tamarind was a matriarchal society. There, the women ruled.”
― Makiia Lucier, Dragonfruit