"The girl was lighter without her heart. She……" — Helen Oyeyemi
"The girl was lighter without her heart. She danced barefoot on the hot roads, and her feet were not cut by the glass or stones that studded her way. She spoke to the dead whenever they visited her. She tried to be kind, but they realised that they no longer had anything in common with her, and she realised it, too. So they went their separate ways."
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Helen Oyeyemi
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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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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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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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Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot.
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