229 Quotes by Jean Rhys

It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?

Vain, silly creature. Made for loving? Yes, but she'll have no lover, for I don't want her and she'll see no other.

But what if it were heaven when she got there?

Wasn't it quite difficult being a wicked girl? Even more difficult than being a good one?

They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did.

Quite like old times,' the room says.

Just you touch me once. You’ll soon see if I’m a damn coward like you are.

Desiderio, Odio, Vita, Morte erano terribilmente vicini nell'ombra

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.