Jean Rhys Quotes

I am the only real truth I know.

She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full.

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and one that is broken, sad as a woman who is growing old.

The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. Like when they say, "As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end."

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It’s more often a succession of jerks.

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It''s more often a succession of jerks.