The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends -… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
Civilization tries to persuade us we are going towards something, a distant goal. We have forgotten that our only goal is to live, to… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people. — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the other. — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
All civilized people see the day beginning at dawn or a little after or a long time after or whatever time their work begins;… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
