I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now Ive decided that reading fiction that features characters who are in those professions will do. Helen Oyeyemi More Quotes by Helen Oyeyemi More Quotes From Helen Oyeyemi Like every girl, I only need to look up and a little to the right of me to see the hysteria that belongs to me, the one that hangs om a hook like an empty jacket and flutters with disappointment that I cannot wear her all the time. I call her my hysteric, and this personal hysteric of mine is designer made (though I'm not sure who made her), flattering and comfortable, attractive even, if you're around people who like that sort of thing. She is not anyone, my hysteric; she is blank, electricity dancing around a filament, singing to kill. Helen Oyeyemi hysteria girl disappointment I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work. Helen Oyeyemi finished connected feels Solitary people, these book lovers. I think it's swell that there are people you don't have to worry about when you don't see them for a long time, you don't have to wonder what they do, how they're getting along with themselves. You just know that they're all right, and probably doing something they like. Helen Oyeyemi long book thinking There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty. Helen Oyeyemi miracle enough noses I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot. Helen Oyeyemi reading thinking Wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. The poem tells me it’s no big deal that I’m not like Snow. I can be another thing; I’m meant to be another thing. Helen Oyeyemi bigs made snow Fairy tales, because they have a very clear structure, are easier to interfere with. Also they have this really weird logic: the kind of logic that you only really experience when youre not feeling very well, or as a child. Helen Oyeyemi logic feelings children And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that. Helen Oyeyemi This was a little house, with a ceiling that kept getting higher and higher, a hot place with no windows. This was anger. Helen Oyeyemi anger house littles Imagine having a mother who worries that you read too much. The question is, what is it that's supposed to happen to people who read too much? How can you tell when someone's crossed the line. Helen Oyeyemi mother worry people Because he says he can't stand you and you act like you can't stand him, and whenever a man and a woman behave like that toward each other, it usually means something's going on. Helen Oyeyemi crush men mean Nobody ever warned me about mirrors, so for many years I was fond of them, and believed them to be trustworthy. . . Helen Oyeyemi trustworthy mirrors years Home is where your teapots are. Helen Oyeyemi teapots home That's the ideal meeting...once upon a time, only once, unexpectedly, then never again. Helen Oyeyemi ideals meetings once-upon-a-time Would that be dangerous, to not look while being looked at? Helen Oyeyemi dangerous looks 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. Helen Oyeyemi cutting girl heart I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names. Helen Oyeyemi different calling names If you should find yourself in a place that is indifferent to you and there is someone there that your spirit stretches to, then that person is kin. Helen Oyeyemi finding-yourself should spirit Sometimes I feel weird about time. Sometimes I feel that it doesnt go in the order we perceive it. There are... repetitions that maybe we decide not to notice because it is simpler. I like to pick up on those moments. Helen Oyeyemi moments sometimes order You don’t return people’s smiles—it’s perfectly clear to you that people can smile and smile and still be villains. Helen Oyeyemi villain return people
