Helen Oyeyemi quote

I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now I've decided that reading fiction that features characters who are in those professions will do.
Helen Oyeyemi
Helen Oyeyemi
Born: Dec 10, 1984

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