One Boy, No Water Quotes

“Punkin sniffed. “Tourists,” she said. “I don’t know why we gotta make all this for them. Fake flowers are good enough.”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“5-4-4’d on ’em.” “Go-shi-shi? On your foot?!”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“Near the edge of the parking lot, I watched Uncle Kahana pour sprunch into a tiny wooden bowl half hidden under a taro plant. He opened one of the bags of cookies and set them on the small lauhala mat next to the bowl. As he put the lid back on his drink, I quietly stepped back and slammed the storage room door closed.”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“Maika‘i, mahalo.” Hari coughed. “Just fine! What do you need today?”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“Bumbai”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“pilikia”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“Father left about an hour ago for the Big Island. When he asks, I’ll tell him you went to Moloka‘i for a while.”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“She thought for a moment. “You’re wrong about the ‘aina,” she said. “We have our land,” said Kalei. “Not all of it,” said Pua. “What’s done is done,” Kalei said. “That birthright was taken long ago. What do you want me to do? Run around waving signs, chanting ‘Keep Hawaiian lands in Hawaiian hands’? That won’t give us this beach back. Nothing will. Too many people think they own parts of it now.”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“You said Lua had three things: ho‘omau, nalu, and—” “Ho‘i hou. Pursuit of knowledge through study of the past and reflection on the present and future. Lua requires you to examine yourself, your place in the world, the reasons things happen, and the harmony among all things. Balance—”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water

“Peeling a strip of thumbnail with his teeth and putting it carefully into his pocket—kahunas and sorcerers were rare these days, but old habits die hard—he watched the clouds on the horizon, thinking. He reached down and idly patted Ilima’s head.”
― Lehua Parker, One Boy, No Water