+ Cold – cold as truth, cold as life. No, nothing can be as cold as life. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Cold, Life, Truth, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ I am the only real truth I know. Author, June 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Rhys, Knowledge, Reality, Self, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ The perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Beauty, Curse, Love, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ It is strange how sad it can be – sunlight in the afternoon, don’t you think? Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Beauty, Nature, Sadness, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Imminence, Isolation, Transformation, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Inequality, Laughter, Sacrifice, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Emptiness, Ghosts, Isolation, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ Life if curious when reduced to its essentials Author, July 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Rhys, Curiosity, Existence, Simplification, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan’s deflation is another’s inflation. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The nearer we approach great men, the clearer we see that they are men. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That’s art to me. Maya Lin Artist and architect
