I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought).
Jean RhysBlot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.
Jean RhysThe perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve.
Jean RhysI watched her die many times. In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when the house was empty. Only the sun was there to keep us company. We shut him out. And why not? Very soon she was as eager for what's called loving as I was - more lost and drowned afterwards.
Jean Rhys