Jean Rhys: Quotes about life

Jean Rhys was novelist from Dominica. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Jean Rhys: 76 quotes7 likes

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

Source: Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography

“She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.”

“I've been so ridiculous all my life that a little bit more or a little bit less hardly matters now.”

Jean Rhys book Good Morning, Midnight

Source: Good Morning, Midnight

“Life if curious when reduced to its essentials”

“Everything tender and melancholy - as life is sometimes, just for one moment.”

Jean Rhys book Good Morning, Midnight

Source: Good Morning, Midnight