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> [But they never last, the golden days. And it can be sad, the sun in the afternoon, can't it? Yes, it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/but-they-never-last-the-golden-days-and-it-can-be-sad-the-sun-in-the/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

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> [It is strange how sad it can be - sunlight in the afternoon, don't you think?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/it-is-strange-how-sad-it-can-be-sunlight-in-the-afternoon-don-t-you/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

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> [I watched her die many times. In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/i-watched-her-die-many-times-in-my-way-not-in-hers-in-sunlight-in/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

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## Other authors on Afternoon

## More by Jean Rhys

> [Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/of-course-she-had-some-pathetic-illusions-about-herself-or-she-would/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [As soon as I turned the key I saw it hanging, the color of fire and sunset. the colour of flamboyant flowers. ‘If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/as-soon-as-i-turned-the-key-i-saw-it-hanging-the-color-of-fire-and/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/human-beings-are-struggling-and-so-they-are-egoists-but-it-s-wrong-to/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“THe room was large and low-ceilinged, the striped wallpaper faded to inoffensiveness. A huge dark wardrobe faced a huge dark bed. The rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/the-room-was-large-and-low-ceilinged-the-striped-wallpaper-faded-to/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/there-is-no-doubt-that-running-away-on-a-fresh-blue-morning-can-be/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/blot-out-the-moon-pull-down-the-stars-love-in-the-dark-for-we-re-for/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“But in the daytime it was all right. And when you'd had a drink you knew it was the best way to live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/but-in-the-daytime-it-was-all-right-and-when-you-d-had-a-drink-you/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/she-ll-have-no-lover-for-i-don-t-want-her-and-she-ll-see-no-other/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/everything-tender-and-melancholy-as-life-is-sometimes-just-for-one/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“have spunks and do battle for yourself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/have-spunks-and-do-battle-for-yourself/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“You are walking along a road peacefully. You trip. You fall into blackness. That's the past - or perhaps the future. And you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/you-are-walking-along-a-road-peacefully-you-trip-you-fall-into/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“She spent the foggy day in endless, aimless walking, for it seemed to her that if she moved quickly enough she would escape the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/she-spent-the-foggy-day-in-endless-aimless-walking-for-it-seemed-to/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [But they never last, the golden days. And it can be sad, the sun in the afternoon, can't it? Yes, it can be sad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/but-they-never-last-the-golden-days-and-it-can-be-sad-the-sun-in-the/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/she-could-give-herself-up-to-the-written-word-as-naturally-as-a-good/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

> [“There is no control over memory.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-rhys/there-is-no-control-over-memory/)

[Jean Rhys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-rhys/)

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