"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."

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Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2010). “White is for Witching”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

Helen Oyeyemi

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“It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Root, the Rod and the Flower”, p.14, Lulu Press, Inc
“It may be the case that [post-Holocaust] the authentic Jewish agnostic and the authentic Jewish believer are closer than at any previous time.”
“I always remember my childhood as traumatic, for various reasons; I always felt alienated, outside.”

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“It's show business. No show, no business.”

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“Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud.”

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“I spend a lot of time copying saxophone players and trumpet players. Not to say that it is not important to listen to guitar players, but there's so much music out there and so many possibilities. I like anyone who plays any instrument.”
“People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.”
“Gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hat pin.”

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