"In my family, telling stories is just a…" — Helen Oyeyemi

"In my family, telling stories is just a way of life."

— Helen Oyeyemi

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35 Quotes by Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

This was a little house, with a ceiling that kept getting higher and higher, a hot place with no windows.…
Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to…
The first coffee of the morning is never, ever, ready quickly enough. You die before it’s ready and then your…
Because things grow. Wherever there is air and light and open space, things grow.
You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains.
Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. The poem tells me it’s no big deal that…
Nobody ever warned me about mirrors, so for many years I was fond of them, and believed them to be…
So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest…
I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot.
That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.
Would that be dangerous, to not look while being looked at?
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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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought… — Frank Abagnale
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest… — Gerard Arpey
I grew up playing music and enjoying good food, friends and family in my own backyard. — Rodney Atkins
Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. — Margaret Atwood
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius

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