“Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. Sad, sad, sad…”

—  Jean Rhys, book Good Morning, Midnight

Source: Good Morning, Midnight

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novelist from Dominica 1890–1979

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