What did Jean Rhys mean by: When I think about it, if I had to choose, I’d rather be happy than write. Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica Copy
+ As it was in the beginning, … is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Continuity, Eternity, Faith, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Falsehood, Hell, Magic, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ She haunted him, as an ungenerous action haunts one. Author, August 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Rhys, Consequences, Obsession, Regret, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Control, Possessiveness, Rejection, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Mortality, Perception, Secrecy, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ Only the magic and the dream are true — all the rest’s a lie. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Dream, Magic, Truth, 0 Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
+ They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean Rhys, Conflict, Race, Unity, 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
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
