If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will not have earned death.


Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography (1979)

Jean Rhys Quotes

If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will...

If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will...

If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will...

If I stop writing my life will have been an abject failure. It is that already to other people. But it could be an abject failure to myself. I will...