Fatumak, Medicine Man Quotes in His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)

Capt. David O'Keefe: Where did I go wrong, old man?

Fatumak, Medicine Man: We all lose our way sometimes.

Capt. David O'Keefe: [repeating] Where did I go wrong?

Fatumak, Medicine Man: The whale that swallows the dolphin chokes and dies, but the whale who lives without greed is the king of the sea.

Capt. David O'Keefe: Goodbye, Fatumak. Thank you for everything. Goodbye!

Fatumak, Medicine Man: There are no goodbyes between friends.

[handing him a necklace]

Fatumak, Medicine Man: This is the whale's tooth of remembrance until we meet again.

Fatumak, Medicine Man: [to Herr Tetins, as O'Keefe is leaving Yap Island on the German steamship] He'll be back.

Capt. David O'Keefe: [narrating] Sure I'd be back... There *had* to be a way to make these people work.