Quotes by Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal

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I want to fulfill myself in one of the rarest of destinies. I have only a dim notion of what it 
will be. I want it to h — Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. — Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal
Betrayal is beautiful. — Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal
Repudiating the virtues of your world, criminals hopelessly agree to organize a forbidden universe. They agree to live i — Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal
It was the first time I saw the look on the face of the people I robbed: it was ugly. I was the cause of such ugliness, — Jean Genet, The Thief's Journal