By dint of saying that I'm not alive, I accept the fact that people cease to regard me.
Quoted by Jean Genet
It's the hour when night breaks away from the day, my dove, let me go.
Quoted by Jean Genet
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man.
Quoted by Jean Genet
Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.
Quoted by Jean Genet
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues.
Quoted by Jean Genet