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What is Not Yours is Not Yours
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"What is Not Yours is Not Yours" Quotes

"What is Not Yours is Not Yours" is a collection of whimsical and thought-provoking short stories that explore themes of identity, desire, and the boundaries between reality and imagination.

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You don't have to like your family, but you do have to love them.

Helen Oyeyemi

familylove

It's easier to think of others as ciphers, rather than as people. That's the risk of turning people into stories. But it's also the reason we can't get enough of hearing about one another.

Helen Oyeyemi

empathyhuman nature

It wasn't the absence of fear that made her strong, but the decision that something else was more important.

Helen Oyeyemi

strengthdetermination

The heart's not the only place where people are broken.

Helen Oyeyemi

emotionspain

There's very little that doesn't get easier to deal with if you think about it as a story.

Helen Oyeyemi

perspectiveproblem-solving

The world can't ever be as bad as it seems.

Helen Oyeyemi

optimismhope

The thing about ghosts is that they're all about the past, and so is the past. And the future? The future is all about the present.

Helen Oyeyemi

timepastfuture

You can't be a monster and a coward at the same time.

Helen Oyeyemi

couragemorality

Sometimes we need to play the fool so that people can tell us what they really think.

Helen Oyeyemi

wisdomperception

Kindness is a kind of honesty. It's a way of telling the truth, or a way of recognizing it.

Helen Oyeyemi

kindnesshonesty