"I think Poe's quite good, actually. The whole casual horror thing. Like someone standing next to you and screaming their head off and you asking the… - Helen Oyeyemi

"Who is this woman who has a Nigerian maiden name in a British passport, who stands here wearing denim shorts and a strappy yellow top, with a white man and a half-and-half child?" (Chapter 2, Page 12)

“And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship.

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