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There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts.
Jean Genet
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Jean Genet
Age: 75 †
Born: 1910
Born: December 19
Died: 1986
Died: April 15
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on him, under him, with his mouth pressed to hers, he sang to her uncouth songs that moved through her body.
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...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of them, my language, which is inspired by them, repeats the same poems in the same tone.
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The pimp has a grin, never a smile.
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Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues.
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