It's a lovely feeling to know you can do exactly as you like.
Jean Rhys Quotes
1890–1979 United Kingdom
Jean Rhys, CBE (/riːs/ REESS; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a novelist who was born on Dominica and from the age of 16 on resided mainly in England.
- United Kingdom
- Authors
- Essayists
- Novelists
- Short story writers
27 quotes
Lies are never forgotten, they go on and they grow.
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
I woke the next morning knowing that nothing would be the same. It would change and go on changing.
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God's help I catch some.
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Interview with The Paris Review (1979)
I thought if I told no one it might not be true.
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
Voyage in the Dark (1934)
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966)
"It's so easy to make a person who hasn't got anything seem wrong." (chapter 4)
After leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931)
One is born either to go with or to go against.
Interview with The Paris Review (1979)
Funny how it's slipped away, Vienna. Nothing left but a few snapshots. (beginning of "Vienne")
The Left Bank & Other Stories (1927)
I've noticed that. They believe the lies far more than they believe the truth.
Interview with The Paris Review (1979)
Writing can be (among other things), a safety valve. (1949)
She said 'darling' with her lips, but her heart was dead. (chapter 5)
After leaving Mr. Mackenzie (1931)
I wonder too if I am terribly excited about something that has been done ages ago (1964)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean Rhys (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.