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Jean Rhys

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Jean Rhys Quotes

Total quotes: 6

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Jean Rhys

Birthname

Birthday: August 24, 1890

Death: May 14, 1979

Educated At: Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art, Stephen Perse Foundation

Nationality: Dominican, Dominica

Occupations: Novelist, Writer

Total quotes: 6

“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

“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

“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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