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“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, and the only thing that made me feel was a cruel pleasure which, I thought, was bound to transfigure my own face, to make me resplendent. I was then 23 years old. From that moment on, I felt capable of advancing in cruelty.”

Cruelty Ugliness Thief Jean Genet

Book:The thief's journal

Source: The thief's journal

“Saintliness means turning pain to good account. It means forcing the devil to be God.”

Jean Genet The Thief S Journal

Book:The thief's journal

Source: The thief's journal

“My love is always sad.”' “That's right. As soon as I kiss you, you get sad. I've noticed it.” “Does it bother you?” “No, it doesn't matter. I'm happy instead of you. I murmur to myself I love you... I love you... I love you...”

Jean Genet The Thief S Journal

Book:The thief's journal

Source: The thief's journal

“I understand what binds the sculptor to his clay, the painter to his colors, each workman to the matter he handles, and the docility and acquiescence of the matter to the movements of the one who animates it; I know the love that passes from the fingers into the folds, the holes, the swellings. Shall I abandon him? Lucien would prevent me from living. Unless his quiet tenderness, his blushing modesty, became beneath my sun of love a tiger or a lion. If he loves me, will he follow me? What will become of him without me?”

Jean Genet The Thief S Journal

Book:The thief's journal

Source: The thief's journal