''If the hero join combat with night and conquer it, may shreds of it remain upon him!''
More from Jean Genet
''But I would adore that thief who is my mother.''
Permalink to quote #2 ''I suffered at the time from an ugliness I no longer find on my childhood face.''
Permalink to quote #4 ''This violence is a calm that disturbs you.''
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