Helen Oyeyemi Quotes
born 1984 England
Helen Oyeyemi (December 10, 1984) is a British novelist and writer of short stories.
- England
- Authors
- Novelists
- Short story writers
Also known as: Helen oyeyemi
58 quotes
“Our exchanges always seem to turn into whatever he wants them to.”
“A song called 'Earth Angel' played in her head all morning—also three trumpets and a piano.”
“I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names.”
“And other times—too often, maybe—I don't dare have an opinion in case it upsets anyone.”
“But then, maybe “I don’t believe in you” is the cruelest way to kill a monster.”
“Easy to see the solution when you're not in the story, isn't it.”
An anti-heroine has her own purity, a singleness of intention.
“She won't forget or recover, she is inconsolable.”
“That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again.”
“For reasons of my own I take note of the way people act when they’re around mirrors.”
“And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that.”
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Helen Oyeyemi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.