Jean Rhys: "Eu odiava as montanhas e as colinas, os rios e a chuva. Eu...

"Eu odiava as montanhas e as colinas, os rios e a chuva. Eu odiava o pôr do sol de qualquer cor, eu odiava sua beleza e sua magia e o segredo que eu nunca saberia. Eu odiava sua indiferença e a crueldade que fazia parte de sua beleza. Acima de tudo o que a odiava. Porque ela pertencia à magia e à beleza. Ela me deixou com sede e toda a minha vida seria sede e saudade do que eu tinha perdido antes de achar."

--- Jean Rhys

Versão em inglês

I hated the mountains and the hills, the rivers and the rain. I hated the sunsets of whatever colour, I hated its beauty and its magic and the secret I would never know. I hated its indifference and the cruelty which was part of its loveliness. Above all I hated her. For she belonged to the magic and the loveliness. She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.