“The day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking toward me, without hurrying.”

— Jean Cocteau

Depuis le jour de ma naissance, ma mort s'est mise en marche. Elle marche à ma rencontre, sans se presser.
"Postambule" in La Fin du Potomac (1939); later published in Collected Works Vol. 2 (1947)

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager … 1889–1963

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