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Jean Rhys quotes about people

English Novelist August 24, 1894 – May 14, 1979

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But in the daytime it was all right. And when you'd had a drink you knew it was the best way to live in the world because anything might happen. I don't know how people live when they know exactly what's going to happen to them each day. Jean Rhys
that expression you get in your eyes when you are very tired and everything is like a dream and you are starting to know what things are like underneath what people say they are. Jean Rhys
I hadn't bargained for this. I didn't think it would be like this - shabby clothes, worn-out shoes, circles under your eyes, your hair getting straight and lanky, the way people look at you. ... I didn't think it would be like this Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys quote: "There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people..."
There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about. Jean Rhys
He had discovered that people who allow themselves to be blown about by the winds of emotion and impulse are always unhappy people. Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys quote: "They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white..."
They say when trouble comes close ranks, and so the white people did. Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys quote: "You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask,..."
You surpise me, because people nearly always force you to ask, don't they? Jean Rhys

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