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  • Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. Gets away from what, though?From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.You don’t want her to be happy and good?I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin. – Helen Oyeyemi

Please tell a story about a girl who gets away.I would, even if I had to adapt one, even if I had to make one up just for her. Gets away from what, though?From her fairy godmother. From the happy ending that isn’t really happy at all. Please have her get out and run off the page altogether, to somewhere secret where words like ‘happy’ and ‘good’ will never find her.You don’t want her to be happy and good?I’m not sure what’s really meant by happy and good. I would like her to be free. Now. Please begin. – Helen Oyeyemi

Published on 2019-09-09 by Says The Parrot

Quotes fairy tale, freedom, Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching

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