Tomme Quotes in The Emerald Forest (1985)

Bill Markham: Why did you take my son?

Wanadi: One day, i was hunting at the Edge of The World when Tomme appeared and he smiled; and even though you were a Termite Child, I had not the heart to send you back to The Dead World.

Tomme: Why are they called The Termite People?

Wanadi: They come into The World and chew down all the grandfather trees. Just like termites.

Bill Markham: Tomme, I want you to come with me. Momme wants you to come home.

Kachiri: He is finished with mothers. I am his woman now.

Bill Markham: You stole my son.

Tomme: Dadee.

Bill Markham: He took you from me, from Momme.

Tomme: That was long ago.

Bill Markham: I just want you to see the home that you came from.

Tomme: This is my home. It will be the home of my children.