"There is always the other side, always."

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Source : Jean Rhys (2001). “Wide Sargasso Sea”, Gardners Books

Jean Rhys

“I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.”
“The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect.”
“The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself ... Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act.”
“I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do there is a part of every tribute they can't own. That Rue was more than a piece in their Games. And so am I.”
“My favorite brand I have ever artistically collaborated, entertained, and supported over the years is the huge house that Coco Chanel built: Chanel.”
“Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.”
“I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.”
“I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk.”

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