“There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty. But who finds… — Helen Oyeyemi Happiness Copy Share Image
Because he says he can't stand you and you act like you can't stand him, and whenever a man and a woman… — Helen Oyeyemi Behave Copy Share Image
Dickinson is my hero because she was a joker, because she would never explain, because as a poet she confronted pain, dread… — Helen Oyeyemi Adventurer Copy Share Image
“A rustle handle turning, or a wooden door forced open until its hinges buckle, or to me, to me it was the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“There are people who are drawn to secrets as ants are to jam. Fausta's one of them. She searches out all things… — Helen Oyeyemi Heart beat Copy Share Image
“All around them people were speaking a language Brown didn’t understand; it was like silence with sharp edges in it.” — Helen Oyeyemi Language Copy Share Image
“I can’t explain, maybe it isn’t something that needs explaining, how the sight of a broken cage just puts you up on… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Miranda nodded and her reflection nodded, so that was twice” — Helen Oyeyemi Mirrors Copy Share Image
In Narnia a girl might ring a bell in a deserted temple and feel the chime in her eyes, pure as the… — Helen Oyeyemi Bells Copy Share Image
“I watched wealthy men and their wives and dates dancing and playing cards and making deals: I will admire you exactly as… — Helen Oyeyemi Money Copy Share Image
And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that. — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“They tried their best with each other, but it just wasn’t any good.” — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“I like to hear the marching of typewriter keys, the shudder of the space bar, the metallic ding at the end of… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“It was much more difficult to be alarmed by the events of a day that was almost over.” — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Would that be dangerous, to not look while being looked at? — Helen Oyeyemi Dangerous Copy Share Image
“He was talented, at an age when other boys were horrible kissers, just horrible and sloppy. I was fourteen then, and he… — Helen Oyeyemi Helen-oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Aside from infrequent comments ("Cheer up, love," or "It's not Hallo'ween"), no one wondered why a teenager was dressed up as a… — Helen Oyeyemi Chic Copy Share Image
“With growing disbelief, Jess yet again felt herself slipping into the gap - that gap of perception between what is really happening… — Helen Oyeyemi Perception Copy Share Image
“Where do you see yourself in ten years’ time?” she asked. My answer: “Not sure, but maybe on a beach reading a… — Helen Oyeyemi Time Copy Share Image
“He was drinking Harriet's favourite, cold tea... not iced tea, but hot tea that had cooled. They liked him so much. They… — Helen Oyeyemi Character-description Copy Share Image
I love character and voice, and my favourite books have been the ones in which I've become completely absorbed. — Helen Oyeyemi Absorb Copy Share Image
“Other things my best friend said to me: That two years was but a short span.” — Helen Oyeyemi Best friend Copy Share Image
You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains. — Helen Oyeyemi Clear Copy Share Image
“She doesn’t complain about anything I do; she is physically unable to. That’s because I fixed her early. I told her in… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Life has changed a lot, you know. You didn’t used to get all this food inside food inside food when I was… — Helen Oyeyemi Food Copy Share Image
