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About Jean Rhys

  • Born: August 24, 1890
  • Died: May 14, 1979
  • Occupation: Novelist
    • Very few people change after well say seven or seventeen. not really. they get more this or more that and of course look a bit different. but inside they are the same.
    Change People Different
    Quite like old times,' the room says.
    Rooms Old Time
    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.
    Beautiful Fire Dresses
    The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her.
    Sea Sound Rising
    When he talked his eyes went away from mine and then he forced himself to look straight at me and he began to explain and i knew that he felt very strange with me and that he hated me, and it was funny sitting there and talking like that, knowing he hated me.
    Eye Talking Knowing
    Human beings are struggling, and so they are egoists. but it's wrong to say that they are wholy cruel - it's a deformed view.
    Struggle Views Humans
    Before i could read, almost a baby, i imagined that god, this strange thing or person i heard about, was a book.
    Baby Book Strange
    She haunted him, as an ungenerous action haunts one.
    Action
    It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?
    Girl Clothes Cost
    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
    Eye Thinking Hair
    If she says goodbye perhaps adieu. adieu - like those old time songs she sang. always adieu (and all songs say it). if she too says it, or weeps, i'll take her in my arms, my lunatic. she's mad but mine, mine. what will i care for gods or devils or for fate itself. if she smiles or weeps or both. for me.
    Goodbye Song Fate
    Stephan was secretive and a liar, but he was a very gentle and expert lover. she was the petted, cherished child, the desired mistress, the worshipped, perfumed goddess. she was all these things to stephan - or so he made her believe.
    Children Liars Believe
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