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Jean Rhys Quotes

I’ve been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now Picture Quote #1

When you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul Picture Quote #1

It’s funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl’s clothes cost more than the girl inside them? Picture Quote #1

After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide in, I crept into it and hid. Well, sometimes it’s a fine day isn’t it? Sometimes the skies are blue. Sometimes the air is light, easy to breathe. And there is always tomorrow Picture Quote #1

One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things Picture Quote #1

That expression you get in your eyes when you are very tired and everything is like a dream and you are starting to know what things are like underneath what people say they are Picture Quote #1

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I must write. 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 Picture Quote #1

And I saw that all my life I had known that this was going to happen, and that I’d been afraid for a long time, I’d been afraid for a long time. There’s fear, of course, with everybody. But now it had grown, it had grown gigantic; it filled me and it filled the whole world Picture Quote #1

All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person Picture Quote #1

Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies Picture Quote #1

I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room Picture Quote #1

If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic Picture Quote #1

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She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other Picture Quote #1

She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it Picture Quote #1

When I think about it, if I had to choose, I’d rather be happy than write Picture Quote #1

I found when I was a child that if I put the hurt into words, it would go Picture Quote #1

Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary Picture Quote #1

I have been here five days. I have decided on a place to eat in at midday, a place to eat in at night, a place to have my drink in after dinner. I have arranged my little life Picture Quote #1

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Now at last I know why I was brought here and what I have to do Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now (Jean Rhys Quotes) When you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul (Jean Rhys Quotes) It’s funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl’s clothes cost more than the girl inside them? (Jean Rhys Quotes) After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide in, I crept into it and hid. Well, sometimes it’s a fine day isn’t it? Sometimes the skies are blue. Sometimes the air is light, easy to breathe. And there is always tomorrow (Jean Rhys Quotes) One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things (Jean Rhys Quotes) That expression you get in your eyes when you are very tired and everything is like a dream and you are starting to know what things are like underneath what people say they are (Jean Rhys Quotes) I must write. 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 (Jean Rhys Quotes) And I saw that all my life I had known that this was going to happen, and that I’d been afraid for a long time, I’d been afraid for a long time. There’s fear, of course, with everybody. But now it had grown, it had grown gigantic; it filled me and it filled the whole world (Jean Rhys Quotes) All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the person (Jean Rhys Quotes) Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies (Jean Rhys Quotes) I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room (Jean Rhys Quotes) If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic (Jean Rhys Quotes) She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other (Jean Rhys Quotes) She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it (Jean Rhys Quotes) When I think about it, if I had to choose, I’d rather be happy than write (Jean Rhys Quotes) I found when I was a child that if I put the hurt into words, it would go (Jean Rhys Quotes) Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary (Jean Rhys Quotes) I have been here five days. I have decided on a place to eat in at midday, a place to eat in at night, a place to have my drink in after dinner. I have arranged my little life (Jean Rhys Quotes) Now at last I know why I was brought here and what I have to do (Jean Rhys Quotes)

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