It's funny, he said, have you ever thought that a girl's clothes cost more than the girl inside them?
Jean RhysThe rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her.
Jean RhysEvery word I say has chains round its ankles; every thought I think is weighted with heavy weights.
Jean RhysWhen you are a child you are yourself and you know and see everything prophetically. And then suddenly something happens and you stop being yourself; you become what others force you to be. You lose your wisdom and your soul.
Jean RhysI'm no use to anybody,' I say. 'I'm a cรฉrรฉbrale, can't you see that?' Thinking how funny a book would be, called 'Just a Cรฉrรฉbrale or You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming'. Only, of course, to be accepted as authentic, to carry any conviction, it would have to be written by a man. What a pity, what a pity!
Jean Rhys