I was so jealous it burned, and I knew I had to let it alone or I'd break something inside me. - Helen Oyeyemi

"Her heart was heavy because it was open, and so things filled it, and so things rushed out of it, but still the heart kept beating, tough and frighteningly powerful and meaning to shrug off the rest of her and continue on its own”. Mr Fox (2011) p 171

"It was Nigeria. That was the problem. Nigeria felt ugly." (Part 1, Chapter 1, Page 6)

She thought I hadn't seen her, but she's no good at hiding her intentions. She can't help tiptoeing around with a finger to her lips at key moments.