"I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness..." — Jean Rhys

"I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness..."

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89 Quotes by Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys has 89 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Next week, or next month, or next year I will kill myself. But I might as well last out my…
The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still.
Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.
All of a writer that matters is in the book or books. It is idiotic to be curious about the…
I want more of this feeling - fire and wings.
Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies.
Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.
I am empty of everything. I am empty of everything but the thin, frail ghosts in my room.
I hadn't bargained for this. I didn't think it would be like this - shabby clothes, worn-out shoes, circles under…
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God's help I catch some.
If I was bound for hell, let it be hell. No more false heaven. No more damned magic.
The perpetual hunger to be beautiful and that thirst to be loved which is the real curse of Eve.

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More Circus Quotes

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Going back to Georgiana Drew and John Drew, and my great-grandfather Maurice Barrymore, and it was such a sort of… — Drew Barrymore
I played football when I was little. I didn't want to be an actress at all, I wanted to be… — Emmanuelle Beart
You realize that for all the shenanigans that go on in the big circus of politics, everybody wakes up and… — Lewis Black
The money I pay for my cultural experiences came willingly from my own pocket - they were not the result… — Julie Burchill
My house is basically a trailer. I live a circus lifestyle. I'm always moving. It's not always easy for people… — Nicolas Cage
Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town. — George Carlin
I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard… — Francesca Annis
Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses. — Juvenal
When I was a little boy, I wanted to be a baseball player and also join the circus. With the… — Graig Nettles
Golf is a nice game, but that's all. It's never going to be an exciting game to watch on TV.… — Jack Nicklaus
Thanks to the circus between my ears, I can seize upon the smallest disquieting observation and from it extrapolate a… — Dean Koontz
The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about. — Guy Laliberte

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