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Jean Rhys Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
— Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Tagged: Death, Two sides of stories, Reality, Fantasy, Rumors
“We can’t all be happy, we can’t all be rich, we can’t all be lucky – and it would be so much less fun if we were. There must be the dark background to show up the bright colours.”
— Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Tagged: Challenges, Imperfections, Appreciation
“You can pretend for a long time, but one day it all falls away and you are alone.”
— Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel
Tagged: Alone, Illusions of Connection, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences
“Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.”
— Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark(Norton Paperback Fiction)
Tagged: Crying, Hearts, Tears
“It was as if a curtain had fallen, hiding everything I had ever known.”
— Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark (Norton Paperback Fiction)
Tagged: Things Change, Hidden, Curtains, lost, first lines of books
“They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.”
— Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea: A Novel
Tagged: first lines of books
“We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky — and it would be so much less fun if we were.”
— Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Tagged: Happiness, Wealth
“I had two longings and one was fighting the other. I wanted to be loved and I wanted to be always alone.”
— Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Tagged: Alone, Love, Companionship, Relationship, Social Anxiety
“Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.’”
— Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Tagged: Armor, Careful
“One needs a lot of courage to live.”
— Jean Rhys, Good Morning, Midnight
Tagged: Courage, Life
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