Wide Sargasso Sea
A source page for quotes linked to Jean Rhys.
“She found pleasure in memories, as an old woman might have done.”
“Say die and I will die. Say die and watch me die.”
“The devil prince of this world, but this world don’t last so long for mortal man.”
“Do you think that too," she said, "that I have slept too long in the moonlight?”
“I thought if I told no one it might not be true.”
“At twenty-four she imagined with dread that she was growing old.”
“Wasn't it quite difficult being a wicked girl? Even more difficult than being a good one?”
“I prayed, but the words fell to the ground meaning nothing.”
“Desiderio, Odio, Vita, Morte erano terribilmente vicini nell'ombra”
“London is like a cold dark dream sometimes.”
“There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.”