So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump … - Helen Oyeyemi

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In Europe, they travel a lot lighter. I always joke that my Indonesian passengers bring their house and their neighbors house.

Helen Oyeyemi

So many times I've encountered people who are just kind of like, 'Yeah, Nigeria,' and, you know, thump their chest and seem very sure of, like, being Nigerian. And I'm just kind of, like, I wish I could be that sure.

Chest, Kind, Nigerian, People, Wish

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I wish there was someone I could have written to after that, someone I could have written to explain how awful it was to have someone touch you, then look at you properly and change his mind.

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Please tell me a story about a girl who gets away. " I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. "Gets away from what, though?" "From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn't really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off of the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like 'happy' and 'good' will never find her. " "You don't want her to be happy and good?" "I'm not sure what's really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin.

Gets, Girl, Godmother, Page, Running, Secret

Once you let people know anything about what you think, that's it, you're dead. Then they'll be jumping about in your mind, taking things out, holding them up to the light and killing them, yes, killing them, because thoughts are supposed to stay and grow in quiet, dark places, like butterflies in cocoons.

Butterfly, Dark, Dead, Thinking, Thoughts, Yes

I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.

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I collected pictures and I drew pictures and I looked at the pictures by myself. And because no one else ever saw them, the pictures were perfect and true. They were alive.

Alive, Collected, Drew, Perfect, Pictures, Saws

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