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Jean Giono has 9 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.
• When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of…
• I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.
• I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000…
• Remember, all of man's happiness is in the little valleys. Tiny little ones. Small enough to call from one side to the…
• The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.
• From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward…
• For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance…
• There are also times in life when a person has to rush off in pursuit of hopefulness.

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