Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights.
Jean RhysBlot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.
Jean RhysWhen 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 Rhys