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There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.
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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Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest's a lie.
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As it was in the beginning, ... is now, and ever shall be, world without end.
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She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.
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The musty smell, the bugs, the lonliness, this room, which is part of the street outside-this is all I want from life.
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Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now.
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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.
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I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.
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If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic.
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