Quote by Helen Oyeyemi Download Open image “And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that.” — Helen Oyeyemi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
She was strong enough to walk away; but weak enough to look back and miss it all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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“She left her breast behind, the breast that covered her heart. And walked away.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
She's to scared to walk away because everyone who promised they would stay turned there backs and walked away. — Montana Dawn Allison:D And Alena Nichole Waldrep:D Copy Share Image
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“That night she admitted her compulsion to escape. She was worried that if my father drowned, or I disappeared, she would be left with… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
She kept walking. The very small, brave part of her brain knew that this would be her one chance. If she turned around, she… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“She didn’t run off and leave you?” “No. I’m ashamed to admit it, but she was the one who noticed…” “—brave little thing.” “Yes.” — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
“She'd learned how to disappear in place long ago. She was like one of those animals whose defense mechanism is to blend into the… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Juju is not enough to protect you. Everything you have I will turn against you. I'll turn sugar bitter for you. I'll take your… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work. — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“People don’t make too much money around here, but what comes with that is a different definition of what it means to be well-off.… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“He looked honored, extraordinarily honored, seeming to care for that which tore his flesh than he did for the flesh itself, embracing the blade… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“White-flowered shrubs thickened around her and so did sleep; it directed her limbs. Lie down now, sleep said sweetly. Lie down. These are the… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I don't despise 'Don Quixote,' but it is a book I don't... get. I'll have to come back it. Maybe there'll be a gateway… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“I think her favorite thing about our . . . collaboration was her actor and musician friends rubbing shoulders with my academic colleagues, she… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“After half an hour the Senora emerged, short of breath, with flushed cheeks…as uf she'd been seized and shaken like a faulty thermometer.” — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“It was the usual struggle between one who loves by accepting burdens and one who loves by refusing to be” — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“Pops says he loves me just the way I am, but not everyone in the world is like my father. Maman, for example. A… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there—not always, but more often than not. With girls, Why… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
