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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
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- Helen Oyeyemi
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- Approximate author period: c. 1984 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Helen Oyeyemi: documented birth year 1984; activity date not established. Wikidata Q460857, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460857 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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