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Jean Rhys quotes: Satin skin, silk hair, velvet eyes, sawdust heart - all complete. Satin skin, silk hair, velvet eyes, sawdust heart - all complete.
Jean Rhys quotes: ...poverty is the cause of many compromises. ...poverty is the cause of many compromises.
Jean Rhys quotes: Rain, forever raining. Drown me in sleep. And soon. Rain, forever raining. Drown me in sleep. And soon.
Jean Rhys quotes: I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness ... I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness ...
Jean Rhys quotes: Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights.
Jean Rhys quotes: I have been too unhappy, I thought, it cannot last, being so unhappy, it would kill you I have been too unhappy, I thought, it cannot last, being so unhappy, it would kill you
Jean Rhys quotes: The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her. The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her.
Jean Rhys quotes: Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies. Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies.
Jean Rhys quotes: It's so easy to make a person who hasn't got anything seem wrong. It's so easy to make a person who hasn't got anything seem wrong.
Jean Rhys quotes: What you take to be hyprocrisy is sometimes a certain caution, sometimes genuine, though ponderous, childish, sometimes a mixture of both. What you take to be hyprocrisy is sometimes a certain caution, sometimes genuine, though ponderous, childish, sometimes a mixture of both.
Jean Rhys quotes: Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books. Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books.
Jean Rhys quotes: Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to be left alone. Now I no longer wish to be loved, beautiful, happy or successful. I want one thing and one thing only - to be left alone.
Jean Rhys quotes: I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now. I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.
Jean Rhys quotes: Why are you sad? Why are you sad?
Jean Rhys quotes: And then the days came when I was alone. And then the days came when I was alone.
Jean Rhys quotes: When you insult or injure the unfortunate or the unhappy, you insult Christ Himself and He will not forget, for they are His chosen ones. When you insult or injure the unfortunate or the unhappy, you insult Christ Himself and He will not forget, for they are His chosen ones.
Jean Rhys quotes: Unhappily children do hurt flies Unhappily children do hurt flies
Jean Rhys quotes: Can I help it if my heart beats, if my hands go cold? Can I help it if my heart beats, if my hands go cold?
Jean Rhys quotes: Morbidly, attracted him to strangeness, to recklessnesss, even unhappiness. Morbidly, attracted him to strangeness, to recklessnesss, even unhappiness.
Jean Rhys quotes: I wanted it-like iron. I wanted it-like iron.
Jean Rhys quotes: If all good, respectable people had one face, I'd spit in it. If all good, respectable people had one face, I'd spit in it.
Jean Rhys quotes: I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in. I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in.
Jean Rhys quotes: And what does anyone know about traitors, or why Judas did what he did? And what does anyone know about traitors, or why Judas did what he did?
Jean Rhys quotes: Only the magic and the dream are true - all the rest's a lie. Only the magic and the dream are true - all the rest's a lie.
Jean Rhys quotes: You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world ... You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone. We are alone in the most beautiful place in the world ...
Jean Rhys quotes: Do you think that too," she said, "that I have slept too long in the moonlight? Do you think that too," she said, "that I have slept too long in the moonlight?
Jean Rhys quotes: Sometimes the Earth trembles; sometimes you can feel it breathe. Sometimes the Earth trembles; sometimes you can feel it breathe.
Jean Rhys quotes: Cold - cold as truth, cold as life. No, nothing can be as cold as life. Cold - cold as truth, cold as life. No, nothing can be as cold as life.
Jean Rhys quotes: Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living. Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.
Jean Rhys quotes: He had discovered that people who allow themselves to be blown about by the winds of emotion and impulse are always unhappy people. He had discovered that people who allow themselves to be blown about by the winds of emotion and impulse are always unhappy people.
Jean Rhys quotes: Nothing left but hopelessness.' Say die and I will die. Say die and watch me die. Nothing left but hopelessness.' Say die and I will die. Say die and watch me die.
Jean Rhys quotes: It is strange how sad it can be - sunlight in the afternoon, don't you think? It is strange how sad it can be - sunlight in the afternoon, don't you think?
Jean Rhys quotes: There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about. There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.
Jean Rhys quotes: Quite alone. No voice, no touch, no hand ... How long must I lie here? For ever? No, only for a couple of hundred years this time, miss ... Quite alone. No voice, no touch, no hand ... How long must I lie here? For ever? No, only for a couple of hundred years this time, miss ...
Jean Rhys quotes: Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary ... Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary ...
Jean Rhys quotes: I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said. I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said.
Jean Rhys quotes: There is always another side, always. There is always another side, always.
Jean Rhys quotes: When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write. When I think about it, if I had to choose, I'd rather be happy than write.
Jean Rhys quotes: Next week, or next month, or next year I will kill myself. But I might as well last out my month's rent, which has been paid up ... Next week, or next month, or next year I will kill myself. But I might as well last out my month's rent, which has been paid up ...
Jean Rhys quotes: That's all you're waiting for, isn't it? But no, you must have the slow death, the bloodless killing that leaves no stain on your conscience ... That's all you're waiting for, isn't it? But no, you must have the slow death, the bloodless killing that leaves no stain on your conscience ...
Jean Rhys quotes: I try, but they always see through me. The passages will never lead anywhere, the doors will always be shut. I try, but they always see through me. The passages will never lead anywhere, the doors will always be shut.
Jean Rhys quotes: I thought if I told no one it might not be true. I thought if I told no one it might not be true.
Jean Rhys quotes: Human beings are struggling, and so they are egoists. But it's wrong to say that they are wholy cruel - it's a deformed view. Human beings are struggling, and so they are egoists. But it's wrong to say that they are wholy cruel - it's a deformed view.
Jean Rhys quotes: It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them? It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?
Jean Rhys quotes: Something in her brain that still remained calm told her that she was doing a very foolish thing indeed. Something in her brain that still remained calm told her that she was doing a very foolish thing indeed.
Jean Rhys quotes: The musty smell, the bugs, the lonliness, this room, which is part of the street outside-this is all I want from life. The musty smell, the bugs, the lonliness, this room, which is part of the street outside-this is all I want from life.
Jean Rhys quotes: I am the only real truth I know. I am the only real truth I know.
Jean Rhys quotes: Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment. Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.
Jean Rhys quotes: There is no control over memory. There is no control over memory.
Jean Rhys quotes: May you tear each other to bits, you damned hyenas, and the quicker the better. Let it be destroyed. Let it happen. Let it end, this cold insanity. May you tear each other to bits, you damned hyenas, and the quicker the better. Let it be destroyed. Let it happen. Let it end, this cold insanity.
Jean Rhys quotes: Have all beautiful things sad destinies? Have all beautiful things sad destinies?
Jean Rhys quotes: I will write my name in fire red. I will write my name in fire red.
Jean Rhys quotes: I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry. I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.
Jean Rhys quotes: I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room. I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room.
Jean Rhys quotes: She was a shadow, kept alive by a flame of hatred for somebody who had long ago forgotten all about her. She was a shadow, kept alive by a flame of hatred for somebody who had long ago forgotten all about her.
Jean Rhys quotes: Wasn't it quite difficult being a wicked girl? Even more difficult than being a good one? Wasn't it quite difficult being a wicked girl? Even more difficult than being a good one?
Jean Rhys quotes: How can I discover truth I thought and that thought led me nowhere. No one would tell me the truth. How can I discover truth I thought and that thought led me nowhere. No one would tell me the truth.
Jean Rhys quotes: Quite like old times,' the room says. Quite like old times,' the room says.
Jean Rhys quotes: Have spunks and do battle for yourself Have spunks and do battle for yourself
Jean Rhys quotes: Saved, rescued, but not quite so good as new... Saved, rescued, but not quite so good as new...
Jean Rhys quotes: I found when I was a child that if I put the hurt into words, it would go. I found when I was a child that if I put the hurt into words, it would go.
Jean Rhys quotes: There is always the other side, always. There is always the other side, always.
Jean Rhys quotes: The perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve. The perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve.
Jean Rhys quotes: London is like a cold dark dream sometimes. London is like a cold dark dream sometimes.
Jean Rhys quotes: She lifted her eyes. Blank, lovely eyes. Mad eyes. A mad girl. She lifted her eyes. Blank, lovely eyes. Mad eyes. A mad girl.
Jean Rhys quotes: Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.
Jean Rhys quotes: Anything you like; anything I like ... No past to make us sentimental, no future to embarrass us Anything you like; anything I like ... No past to make us sentimental, no future to embarrass us
Jean Rhys quotes: A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is. A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.
Jean Rhys quotes: They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.
Jean Rhys quotes: I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought). I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought).
Jean Rhys quotes: I got quite used to changing that cheque, because you can get used to anything. You think: I'll never do that; and you find yourself doing it. I got quite used to changing that cheque, because you can get used to anything. You think: I'll never do that; and you find yourself doing it.
Jean Rhys quotes: Before I could read, almost a baby, I imagined that God, this strange thing or person I heard about, was a book. Before I could read, almost a baby, I imagined that God, this strange thing or person I heard about, was a book.
Jean Rhys quotes: Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home. Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.
Jean Rhys quotes: I want more of this feeling - fire and wings. I want more of this feeling - fire and wings.
Jean Rhys quotes: I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds - with God's help I catch some. I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds - with God's help I catch some.
Jean Rhys quotes: Vain, silly creature. Made for loving? Yes, but she'll have no lover, for I don't want her and she'll see no other. Vain, silly creature. Made for loving? Yes, but she'll have no lover, for I don't want her and she'll see no other.
Jean Rhys quotes: The devil prince of this world, but this world don't last so long for mortal man. The devil prince of this world, but this world don't last so long for mortal man.
Jean Rhys quotes: Get up, girl, and dress yourself. Woman must have spunks to live in this wicked world."Christophine to Antoinette Get up, girl, and dress yourself. Woman must have spunks to live in this wicked world."

Christophine to Antoinette
Jean Rhys quotes: I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be always alone. I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be always alone.
Jean Rhys quotes: What I see is nothing - I want what it hides - that is not nothing. What I see is nothing - I want what it hides - that is not nothing.
Jean Rhys quotes: All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person. All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person.
Jean Rhys quotes: Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the darkSo soon, so soon. Blot out the moon,
Pull down the stars.
Love in the dark, for we're for the dark
So soon, so soon.
Jean Rhys quotes: I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know. I didn't know, I didn't know, I didn't know.
Jean Rhys quotes: Only seven or eight, and yet she knew so exactly how to be cruel and who it was safe to be cruel to. One must admire Nature.. Only seven or eight, and yet she knew so exactly how to be cruel and who it was safe to be cruel to. One must admire Nature..
Jean Rhys quotes: Would you like a whiskey?' I say. 'I've got some.'(That's original. I bet nobody's ever thought of that way of bridging the gap before.) Would you like a whiskey?' I say. 'I've got some.'
(That's original. I bet nobody's ever thought of that way of bridging the gap before.)
Jean Rhys quotes: I must remember about chandeliers and dancing, about swans and roses and snow. I must remember about chandeliers and dancing, about swans and roses and snow.
Jean Rhys quotes: The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first? The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first?
Jean Rhys quotes: Lies are never forgotten, they go on and they grow Lies are never forgotten, they go on and they grow
Jean Rhys quotes: I can't sleep,' he said. 'Let me lie with my head on your silver breast. I can't sleep,' he said. 'Let me lie with my head on your silver breast.
Jean Rhys quotes: I have arranged my little life. I have arranged my little life.
Jean Rhys quotes: Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes. Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.
Jean Rhys quotes: Life if curious when reduced to its essentials Life if curious when reduced to its essentials
Jean Rhys quotes: If I could choose I would rather be happy than write. If I could choose I would rather be happy than write.
Jean Rhys quotes: Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set. Nobody would know I had ever been in it. Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set. Nobody would know I had ever been in it.
Jean Rhys quotes: Now at last I know why I was brought here and what I have to do. Now at last I know why I was brought here and what I have to do.
Jean Rhys quotes: There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating. There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.
Jean Rhys quotes: You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask, don't they? You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask, don't they?
Jean Rhys quotes: At twenty-four she imagined with dread that she was growing old. At twenty-four she imagined with dread that she was growing old.
Jean Rhys quotes: She had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from being too polite. She had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from being too polite.
Jean Rhys quotes: She haunted him, as an ungenerous action haunts one. She haunted him, as an ungenerous action haunts one.

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