The Dreams of Your Youth

"Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all." - Jean Genet

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December 19, 2013

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.” – Jean Genet (born on this date in 1910)

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