Quotes of Jean Rhys - somelinesforyou

“ I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ I prayed, but the words fell to the ground meaning nothing. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ Not that she objected to solitude. Quite the contrary. She had books, thank Heaven, quantities of books. All sorts of books. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ London is like a cold dark dream sometimes. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ London is like a cold dark dream sometimes. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

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

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys

“ 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. ”

- Jean Rhys
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