“We can’t all be happy, we can’t all be rich, we can’t all be lucky – and it would be so much less fun if we were. There must be the dark background to show up the bright colours.”
More from Jean Rhys
“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
“I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be…”
“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.’”