Quotes by Jean Rhys

• Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.
• Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.
• I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry.
• I like shape very much. A novel has to have shape, and life doesn't have any.