It was like letting go and falling back into water and seeing yourself grinning up through the water, your face like a mask, and seeing the bubbles coming up as if you were trying to speak from under the water. And how do you know what it's like to try to speak from under water when you're drowned?
Jean RhysTags: heartbreak drowning-girls
When he talked his eyes went away from mine and then he forced himself to look straight at me and he began to explain and I knew that he felt very strange with me and that he hated me, and it was funny sitting there and talking like that, knowing he hated me.
Jean RhysTags: heartbreak
The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first?
Jean RhysTags: childhood
Soon he'll come in again and kiss me, but differently. He'll be different and so I'll be different. It'll be different. I thought, 'It'll be different, different. It must be different.
Jean RhysSomething came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.
Jean RhysI will write my name in fire red.
Jean RhysI've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.
Jean RhysJustice," she said. " I've heard that word. It's a cold world. I tried it out," she said, still speaking in that low voice. "I wrote it down. I wrote it down several times and always it looked like a damn cold lie to me. There is no justice.
Jean RhysTags: justice
Life if curious when reduced to its essentials
Jean RhysTags: classics literary-fiction
have spunks and do battle for yourself
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