“Three creaks. She stepped three times. What is the meaning of it? Three creaks, three weeks? If she comes back for her shoes in three days, then I only need to empty them another three times. If it really is three weeks that were meant, what then. If three months, what then. Three years. That's why I had to write it down now. By then I may no longer believe I heard anything in Miri's room.” WaitingHorrorSadHauntingEndingHelen OyeyemiLast LinesWhite Is For Witching Book:White Is for Witching Source: White Is for Witching
“Have you ever heard a note in someone's voice that said 'This is the end?' I heard it in the next words he said to me, and I stopped listening.” SadBreakupEndEndingHelen OyeyemiMr Fox Book:Mr. Fox Source: Mr. Fox
“I almost forgot to mention another fox I know of—a very wicked fox indeed. But you are tired of hearing about foxes now, so I won't go on.” StorytellingWickedEndingFoxMetaHelen OyeyemiLast LinesMr FoxNarratorNarrative Voice Book:Mr. Fox Source: Mr. Fox