I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000… — Jean Giono Crowds 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… — Jean Giono Arrows 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… — Jean Giono Able 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 Libel 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… — Jean Giono Able 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… — Jean Giono Accomplishment Copy Share Image
I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people. — Jean Giono Encounters 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… — Jean Giono Enough 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… — Jean Giono Achieve 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… — Jean Giono Civilized Copy Share Image
“And he told stories about the stars above, about the earth below. He told them to make the night pass, and also… — Jean Giono Nature Copy Share Image
There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness. — Jean Giono Hopefulness Copy Share Image
