The entire island knows our father, Fred Hemmings, Jr. - kids, adults, surfers, the governor, grocery clerks, gang members who call our house at night and threaten to kill us as soon as they get out of jail. Fred was a world-champion surfer and is now a well-known, controversial politician.

When you're a child, you crave formal recognition; you crave ceremony, celebration, certification of proof.

With families, no matter what kind you inherit, at some point you want to announce that you belong to it.

Kaui Hart Hemmings Quotes