"Please tell me a story about a girl……" — Helen Oyeyemi
"Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away." I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?" "From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her." "You don't want her to be happy and good?" "I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin."
—
Helen Oyeyemi
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
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…
See all 35 quotes by Helen Oyeyemi »
More Adapt Quotes
This quote is filed under Adapt Quotes,
one of 410 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom…
— Marcus Aurelius
-
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result…
— Paul Auster
-
Living with anyone for many years takes skill. To keep peace in the household, couples learn to adapt to one…
— Diane Ackerman
-
You adapt to who you're photographing.
— David Bailey
-
Adapting is a common natural way for people to adapt to their environment.
— Joe Barton
-
When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
-
As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.
— Wendy Carlos
-
Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to…
— Emile M. Cioran
-
In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their…
— Herbert Croly
-
The military has no constant form, just as water has no constant shape - adapt as you face the enemy,…
— Sun Tzu
-
The atmosphere of the home is prolonged in the school, where the students soon discover thatin order to achieve some…
— Paulo Freire
-
Well-coached teams are never surprised; they can adapt to anything they see.
— Jack Ramsay
See all 410 Adapt Quotes »
