Quote by Jean Rhys: “I am trying to remember, it is a difficult thing to do.”

Rhys reflects on the challenging and often elusive nature of recalling the past accurately. She acknowledges the struggle involved in piecing together memories, especially when dealing with personal history.

This quote comes from her final, incomplete autobiography, where she grappled with recounting a life marked by displacement, struggle, and a complex relationship with her Caribbean origins and European experiences.

Dominican-born British novelist whose 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea reimagined Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre from the perspective of the Creole first wife, Bertha Mason. Her work is considered a landmark of postcolonial and feminist literature.