“ Marveled at how two souls - two completely different species - could make each other so happy. If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness a thousandfold. People disappointed; animals never… Alan Brennert
“ She would follow her father over the horizon and down the other side, where the world lay hidden. Alan Brennert
“ Hawai'i has often been called a melting pot, but I think of it more as a 'mixed plate'---a scoop of rice with gravy, a scoop of macaroni salad, a piece of mahi-mahi, and a side of kimchi. Many differe… Alan Brennert
“ Old Korean adage, Even jade has flaws. Or, in other words: Nothing in life is ever perfect. Alan Brennert
“ She already felt dead in everything but name. What remained to be taken from her? She longed to be enfolded, welcomed, into the earth - to breathe no more, love no more, hurt no more Alan Brennert
“ Summer in Honolulu brings the sweet smell of mangoes, guava, and passionfruit, ripe for picking; it arbors the streets with the fiery red umbrellas of poincianta trees and decorates the sidewalks with… Alan Brennert
“ Carve the peg by looking at the hole.' Eddie looked at me blankly and I explained, 'An old Korean saying. It means, Do things to fit the circumstances. Alan Brennert
“ An aching vacuum inside her sucking the air from her lungs. She hung her head and wept fiercely, the emptiness inside her growing larger not smaller; she felt as though it would grow so large it would… Alan Brennert
“ I'm lucky, you see: I had two mothers. One gave life to me; one raised me. But they both loved me. You know, some people don't even get that once... There's only one disadvantage, really, to having tw… Alan Brennert
“ Ruth marveled at how two souls— two completely different species— could make each other so happy. If you were kind to animals, they repaid that kindness a thousandfold. Alan Brennert
“ Quoting an old proverb: An empty cart rattles loudly. she said. meaning, One who lacks substance boasts loudest. Alan Brennert
“ Isn't it strange, how one so afraid of contracting a fatal malady...should so earnestly wish for death, as well? Alan Brennert
“ 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… Alan Brennert
