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Quote by Jean Rhys
I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings,

I am sad, sad as a circus-lioness, sad as an eagle without wings, sad as a violin with only one string and one that is broken, sad as a woman who is growing old. – Jean Rhys

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I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men — at least they can cry. – Jean Rhys

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The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. – Jean Rhys

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Tis God gives skill, but not without mens hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivariuss violins without Antonio. – George Eliot

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. . . colors like a flourish of trumpets or pianissimo on the violin, great, calm, oscillating, splintered surgances . . . . Is this not form? – Giacomo Puccini

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If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky, in that order. – Jascha Heifetz

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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer. – Victor Borge

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