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If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic.

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
Magic
Hell
Heaven
Damned
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