“I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be always alone.”
More from Jean Rhys
“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
“We can’t all be happy, we can’t all be rich, we can’t all be lucky – and it would be so…”
“Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.”
“Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.’”