… there's a difference between having no one because you've… - Helen Oyeyemi

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… there's a difference between having no one because you've chosen it and having no one because everyone has been taken away.

Helen Oyeyemi

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Helen Oyeyemi (December 10, 1984) is a British novelist and writer of short stories.

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Alternative Names: Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi

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And other times—too often, maybe—I don't dare have an opinion in case it upsets anyone.

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Without further ado I give you my number one [anti-heroine]: Carabosse, the fairy who goes where she is not invited expressly in order to curse a princess whose life was all set up to be a bright and gracious path from birth to death.

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