I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds

Jean Rhys
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I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God's help I catch some. ✨ Jean Rhys (1966). Wide Sargasso Sea
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I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God's help I catch some. ✨ Jean Rhys (1966). Wide Sargasso Sea

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