"If you should find yourself in a place……" — Helen Oyeyemi
"If you should find yourself in a place that is indifferent to you and there is someone there that your spirit stretches to, then that person is kin."
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35 Quotes by Helen Oyeyemi
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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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