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“She was scared right out of her mind. She had to be—to rescue herself. So she quit working to make sense of things—we don't always realise it, but it's hard work we do almost every waking moment, building our thoughts and memories and actions around time, things that happened yesterday, and things that are happening right now, and what's coming tomorrow, layering all of that simultaneously and holding it in balance. She cut it out and just kept moving. She was nobody, she was nowhere, doing nothing, but doing it as hard and fast as she could.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

“There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

“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.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

“Last summer I spent almost an hour blowing dandelions off their stems towards him, so that he had a chance to wish for everything he wanted.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox