Best Jean Rhys Sayings
- Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born, hasn't every word… All
- I took the red dress down and put it against myself. 'Does it make me look intemperate and unchaste?' I said. Doe
- Now at last I know why I was brought here and what I have to do. Brought
- 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… Arranged
- It is strange how sad it can be - sunlight in the afternoon, don't you think? Afternoon
- Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary... Able
- Yes, I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and that one… Broken
- She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it. All
- If she says goodbye perhaps adieu. Adieu - like those old time songs she sang. Always adieu (and all songs say it). If she too… Adieu
- I watched her die many times. In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when… Afternoon
- 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,… Believe
- She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other. Don T
- Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon. Blot
- 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… Abject
- 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… Dream
- 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… Air
- 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;… Child
- The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first? Afraid
- Soon he'll come in again and kiss me, but differently. He'll be different and so I'll be different. It'll be different. I thought, 'It'll be… Different Different
- 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,… Afraid
- When he talked his eyes went away from mine and then he forced himself to look straight at me and he began to explain and… Began
- It was like letting go and falling back into water and seeing yourself grinning up through the water, your face like a mask, and seeing… Bubbles
- Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes. Came
- As soon as I turned the key I saw it hanging, the color of fire and sunset. the colour of flamboyant flowers. ‘If you are… Buried
- Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread… Across