Quotes by Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours

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Other things my best friend said to me: That two years was but a short span. — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Lucy happily settled down to work. First she sent for papyrus and handmade a book leaf by leaf, binding the leaves toget — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
She found Safiye leaning against an oil lantern out in the garden and saw for herself that she wasn't the only foolish w — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there — not always, but more often than not. Wi — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
She had to quickly pop back to the fifteenth century to find a word for how beautiful he was. The boy was makeless. — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
She retained the opinions of trees: one of them being that it was best not to have anything to do with human folk. "Firs — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
It was the usual struggle between one who loves by accepting burdens and one who loves by refusing to be one. — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
I remember Mum repeatedly telling us we had good hearts and good brains. When she said that we'd say 'thanks' and it mig — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
With boys there was a fundamental assumption that they had a right to be there—not always, but more often than not. With — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
The cards spoke to a suspicion that many whose work is play can never be free of: that you can only flaunt your triviali — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
The wooden devil got a good laugh out of the ones who passed by, though. They were so funny she couldn't even feel sorry — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
This girl had been looking on with her hair hanging over her face, only partly hiding a cruel-looking scar; her eyes sho — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
Whenever they were together they couldn't let sixty of their minutes pass without asking each other what time it was; as — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours
A library at night is full of sounds: the unread books can't stand it any longer and announce their contents, some boast — Helen Oyeyemi, What is Not Yours is Not Yours