Quotes by : Helen Oyeyemi

But then, maybe “I don’t believe in you” is the cruelest way to kill a monster.

Whenever they were together they couldn't let sixty of their minutes pass without asking each other what....

I remember that I used to get lots of books from the library, and 'Little Women' was one of them. And....

So she quit working to make sense of things— we don’t realise it, but it’s hard work we do almost....

I tend to prioritize emotional realism above the known laws of time and space, and when you do that,....

With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there—not always, but more....

I drew a chair up beside her and sang. All I do is dream of you the whole night through . . . It was....

Aside from infrequent comments ("Cheer up, love," or "It's not Hallo'ween"), no one wondered why a teenager....

Life has changed a lot, you know. You didn't used to get all this food inside food inside food when I....

And I think I decided not to love Charlie because I thought I had to be rescued. For practical reasons....