“You come without papers because you have been unable to prove that you are useful to anyone, and when you arrive they… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“/ To you who eat a lot of rice because you are lonely To you who sleep a lot because you are… — Helen Oyeyemi Life Copy Share Image
“No, I found her. I know she doesn't look like a puppet, but she is one. I know it because when I… — Helen Oyeyemi Habits Copy Share Image
I don't have a style. I just try to write what the story demands. — Helen Oyeyemi Demands Copy Share Image
Authors I've longed to write like - but realize I actually can't even begin to - include Poe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kafka,… — Helen Oyeyemi Actually Copy Share Image
I do love Shirley Jackson, but I don't deserve to be named in connection with her. I remember reading 'The Haunting of… — Helen Oyeyemi Actually Copy Share Image
“Daphne came in with her arms full of books, and her eyes blazing like two poisoned moons. "How'd you like the mess… — Helen Oyeyemi Books Copy Share Image
“How did it go from "Füst should apologize to the woman he beat up" to "Füst should apologize to his fiancée" to… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“It was one of those ones they call screwball comedies, where people mislead and ill-treat each other in the most shocking and… — Helen Oyeyemi Fairy-tales-for-adults Copy Share Image
“For reasons of my own I take note of the way people act when they’re around mirrors.” — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“School is one long illness with symptoms that switch every five minutes so you think it's getting better or worse. But really… — Helen Oyeyemi Getting better Copy Share Image
“Fate is what it was. Yes, fate that the book I had with me was a novel written by my great-grandfather, a… — Helen Oyeyemi Books Copy Share Image
“Bisi, how could you, now? You know that when you pray, you are heard, if not by God, then by yourself. When… — Helen Oyeyemi Praying Copy Share Image
“I've read that madness is present when everything you see and hear takes on an equal significance. A dead bird makes you… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Dark came to rest on my eyelids; strange and painful pennies.” — Helen Oyeyemi Dark Copy Share Image
“Rowan told me about a girl who responded to all external stimuli except human touch. That, she did not feel at all,… — Helen Oyeyemi Pain relief Copy Share Image
