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Jean Rhys quotes about thoughts

English Novelist August 24, 1894 – May 14, 1979

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Jean Rhys quote: "It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's..."
It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them? Jean Rhys
Your red dress? she said, and laughed. But I looked at the dress on the floor and it was as if the fire had spread across the room. It was beautiful and it reminded me of something I must do. I will remember I thought. I will remember quite soon now. Jean Rhys
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Since I was born, hasn't every word I've said, every thought I've thought, everything I've done, been tied up, weighted, chained? And mind you, I know that with all this I don't succeed. Or I succeed in flashes only too damned well. ...But think how hard I try and how seldom I dare. Think - and have a bit of pity. That is, if you ever think, you apes, which I doubt. Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys quote: "Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I..."
Every word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights. Jean Rhys
Soon he'll come in again and kiss me, but differently. He'll be different and so I'll be different. It'll be different. I thought, 'It'll be different, different. It must be different. Jean Rhys
I have tried," I said, "but he does not believe me. It is too late for that now" (it is always too late for truth, I thought). Jean Rhys
Would you like a whiskey?' I say. 'I've got some.' (That's original. I bet nobody's ever thought of that way of bridging the gap before.) Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys quote: "How can I discover truth I thought and that thought led me..."
How can I discover truth I thought and that thought led me nowhere. No one would tell me the truth. Jean Rhys

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