“I can't sleep,' he said. 'Let me lie with my head on your silver breast.” — Jean Rhys Sleep Copy Share Image
“Satin skin, silk hair, velvet eyes, sawdust heart - all complete.” — Jean Rhys Beauty Copy Share Image
There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about. — Jean Rhys Death Copy Share Image
It is strange how sad it can be - sunlight in the afternoon, don't you think? — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
The woman had a humble, cringing manner. Of course, she had discovered that, having neither money nor virtue, she had better be… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
Some must cry so that others may be able to laugh the more heartily. Sacrifices are necessary... — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“Saved, rescued, fished-up, half-drowned, out of the deep, dark river, dry clothes, hair shampooed and set. Nobody would know I had ever… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“...she had ignored the Heidlers because she realized that she could afford to display coldness, and that no good ever comes from… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
He had discovered that people who allow themselves to be blown about by the winds of emotion and impulse are always unhappy… — Jean Rhys Emotion Copy Share Image
The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her. — Jean Rhys Life Copy Share Image
I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
The last time you were happy about nothing; the first time you were afraid about nothing. Which came first? — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
Your red dress,’ she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the… — Jean Rhys Beautiful Copy Share Image
“The house was burning, the yellow-red sky was like the sunset...Nothing would be left, the golden ferns and the silver ferns, the… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“Lois doesn't want to be given away; she doesn't want anybody to know, and I assure you that that's all she cares… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
And I saw that all my life I had known that this was going to happen, and that I'd been afraid for… — Jean Rhys Fear Copy Share Image
I hadn't bargained for this. I didn't think it would be like this - shabby clothes, worn-out shoes, circles under your eyes,… — Jean Rhys Circles Copy Share Image
“When I saw him looking up like that I knew that I loved him, and that it was for always. It was… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
I think that the desire to be cruel and to hurt (with words because any other way might be dangerous to ourself)… — Jean Rhys Battle Copy Share Image
After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“I took another road, past the old sugar works and the water wheel that had not turned for years. I went to… — Jean Rhys Ants Copy Share Image
“The car stopped. Everybody walked in a short procession up to the chapel of the Crematorium, where a clergyman with very bright… — Jean Rhys Dreams Copy Share Image
“Very soon she'll join all the others who know the secret and will not tell it. Or cannot. Or try and fail… — Jean Rhys Insanity Copy Share Image
“All that is left in the world is an enormous machine, made of white steel. It has innumerable flexible arms, made of… — Jean Rhys Computers Copy Share Image
But why do you want to talk to me?' He is going to say: 'Because you look so kind,' or 'Because you… — Jean Rhys Beautiful Copy Share Image
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born,… — Jean Rhys Copy Share Image
“Is it true,’ she said, ‘that England is like a dream? Because one of my friends who married an Englishman wrote and… — Jean Rhys Big city Copy Share Image
“Do not be sad. Or think Adieu. Never Adieu. We will watch the sun set again - many times, and perhaps we'll… — Jean Rhys Adieu Copy Share Image
