# Quote — Witi Ihimaera, The Whale Rider

> Hui e, haumi e, taiki e.
>
> Let it be done.

- Author: [Witi Ihimaera](https://www.leafyquotes.com/witi-ihimaera.md)
- Book: [The Whale Rider](https://www.leafyquotes.com/witi-ihimaera/the-whale-rider.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Witi_Ihimaera#The_Whale_Rider_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/witi-ihimaera/the-whale-rider/hui-e-haumi

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> The muted thunder boomed underwater like a great door opening far away. Suddenly the sea was filled with awesome singing, a song with eternity in it. (p95)

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> Sometimes life has a habit of flooding over you and rushing you along in its overwhelming tide. (p63)

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> He raised his arms as if to claw down the sky upon him. (p133)

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