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"Picture anybody growing up so stupid he didn’t know that hope is just another phase you’ll grow out of. Who thought you could make something, anything, that would last forever."

"School is one long illness with symptoms that switch every five minutes so you think it's getting better or worse. But really it's the same thing for years and years."

This book is stunning. I'm not anywhere near done but I can't wait to begin the next one of Oyeyemi's novels.

"I heard her hooting with laughter and put my head around the door of the back room, thinking I better take advantage of her good mood...she was leafing through the obituaries section of the newspaper and wouldn't let me in on the joke." This book is both candidly witty and horrifyingly surreal and I'm rapidly falling in love with Oeyeymi's writing style.

already cried 2x at this point. only half way through. help

Louis and Rachel's mushy, corny romance is more disgusting than King's DETAILED description of smooshed dead things. Ick. I hope one of them dies.