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A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibil

A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. – Jean Genet

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There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. – Jean Genet

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A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet

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Would Hamlet have felt the delicious fascination of suicide if he hadnt had an audience, and lines to speak? – Jean Genet

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