Via

“To you who eat a lot of rice because you are lonely
To you who sleep a lot because you are bored
To you who cry a lot because you are sad
I write this down.
Chew on your feelings that are cornered
Like you would chew on rice.

Anyway life is something that you need to digest.

- Chunyang Hee

("sorry" doesn't sweeten her tea)”
― Helen oyeyemi , What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

“Do you think that maybe we're able to love someone best when that person doesn't know how we feel?”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

“cities are fueled by the listless agony of workers providing services to other workers who barely acknowledge those services.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

“what they’d been afraid of was running out of self. On the contrary the more they loved the more there was to love.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours