• A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle.

  Jean Genet
  French playwright and author 1910-1986
  

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1. invisibility
2. humiliation
3. friendly
4. people
5. little
6. breeze

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A great wind swept over the ghetto, carrying away shame, invisibility and four centuries of humiliation. But when the wind dropped people saw it had been only a little breeze, friendly, almost gentle. by : Jean Genet

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