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" She was scared right out of her mind. She had to be—to rescue herself. So she quit working to make sense of things—we don't always realise it, but it's hard work we do almost every waking moment, building our thoughts and memories and actions around time, things that happened yesterday, and things that are happening right now, and what's coming tomorrow, layering all of that simultaneously and holding it in balance. She cut it out and just kept moving. She was nobody, she was nowhere, doing nothing, but doing it as hard and fast as she could. "

Helen Oyeyemi , Mr. Fox


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Helen Oyeyemi quote : She was scared right out of her mind. She had to be—to rescue herself. So she quit working to make sense of things—we don't always realise it, but it's hard work we do almost every waking moment, building our thoughts and memories and actions around time, things that happened yesterday, and things that are happening right now, and what's coming tomorrow, layering all of that simultaneously and holding it in balance. She cut it out and just kept moving. She was nobody, she was nowhere, doing nothing, but doing it as hard and fast as she could.