"I collected pictures and I drew pictures and……" — Helen Oyeyemi
"I collected pictures and I drew pictures and I looked at the pictures by myself. And because no one else ever saw them, the pictures were perfect and true. They were alive."
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35 Quotes by Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi has 35 quotes on this site.
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This was a little house, with a ceiling that kept getting higher and higher, a hot place with no windows.…
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Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to…
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The first coffee of the morning is never, ever, ready quickly enough. You die before it’s ready and then your…
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Because things grow. Wherever there is air and light and open space, things grow.
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You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains.
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Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. The poem tells me it’s no big deal that…
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Nobody ever warned me about mirrors, so for many years I was fond of them, and believed them to be…
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So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest…
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I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot.
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That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.
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Would that be dangerous, to not look while being looked at?
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Because he says he can't stand you and you act like you can't stand him, and whenever a man and…
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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the…
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No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were…
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When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe,…
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
— Michele Bachmann
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me…
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I tried to keep both arts alive, but the camera won. I found that while the camera does not express…
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful…
— Travis Barker
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
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The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I…
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