The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them. – Jean Genet
We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent — or they themselves — was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible. – Jean Genet
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet
Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet
Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son. – Chris Christie