Being yourself Quote by Jean Rhys

Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

— 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…

— 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.

— 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…

— Jean Rhys

There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.

— Jean Rhys

Blot out the moon, Pull down the stars. Love in the dark, for we're for the dark So soon, so soon.

— 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…

— Jean Rhys

She’ll have no lover, for I don’t want her and she’ll see no other.

— Jean Rhys

Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.

— Jean Rhys

“have spunks and do battle for yourself”

— 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…

— 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…

— Jean Rhys