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Jean Genet was a French novelist known for his unique style and profound social criticism. His works often delve into the lives of marginalized individuals and their place in the social structure. Genet's life was filled with drama, having been a beggar and prisoner, experiences that deeply influenced his writing.

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Famous Jean Genet Quotes

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

Men Long Dream Order Darkness Long Time Nurse Grandeur

Book:Miracle of the Rose

Source: Miracle of the Rose

“In order to weep, I had descended to the realm of the dead themselves, to their secret chambers, led by the invisible but soft hands of birds down stairways which were folded up again as I advanced. I displayed my grief in the friendly fields of death, far from men: within myself.”

Men Hands Order Grief Secret Fields Bird Invisible Realms Friendly Chamber Stairways

Book:Funeral Rites

Source: Funeral Rites

“Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. Nothing in the world was irrelevant: the stars on a general's sleeve, the stock-market quotations, the olive harvest, the style of the judiciary, the wheat exchange, flower-beds. Nothing. This order, fearful and feared, whose details were all inter-related, had a meaning: my exile.”

World Order Social Stars Style Flower Birth Taste Bed Diversity Details Related Fearful Quotations Harvest Irrelevant Exile Sleeves Wheat Excluded Judiciary Olives Social Order

Book:The thief's journal

Source: The thief's journal

About the Author

Born: December 19, 1910
Died: April 15, 1986
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 88

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