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After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide in, I crept into it and hid. Well, sometimes it's a fine day isn't it? Sometimes the skies are blue. Sometimes the air is light, easy to breathe. And there is always tomorrow.

Jean Rhys

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Jean Rhys
Age: 88 †
Born: 1890
Born: August 24
Died: 1979
Died: May 14
Novelist
Writer
Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams
Ella Rees Williams
Well
Tomorrow
Skies
Sometimes
Fine
Slightest
Always
Happened
Hide
Chance
Breathe
Easy
Sky
Place
Blue
Light
Air
Wells
Soon
Crept

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