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I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.
Jean Rhys
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Jean Rhys
Age: 88 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 24
Died: 1979
Died: May 14
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Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams
Ella Rees Williams
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...I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in.
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