Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends - arrow, road, man's life on earth. They are shaped round, in the manner of things eternal and stable - sun, world, God.
Spring sprang suddenly onto the land. - Jean Giono
Spring sprang suddenly onto the land.
- Jean Giono
I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea le… - Jean Giono
I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea le…
I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people. - Jean Giono
I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.
The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. - Jean Giono
The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English.
Civilization tries to persuade us we are going towards something, a distant goal. We have forgotten that our only goal is to live, to live each and e… - Jean Giono
Civilization tries to persuade us we are going towards something, a distant goal. We have forgotten that our only goal is to live, to live each and e…
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring from the wasteland… - Jean Giono
When I reflect that one man, armed only with his own physical and moral resources, was able to cause this land of Canaan to spring from the wasteland…
All civilized people see the day beginning at dawn or a little after or a long time after or whatever time their work begins; this they lengthen acco… - Jean Giono
All civilized people see the day beginning at dawn or a little after or a long time after or whatever time their work begins; this they lengthen acco…
Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends - arrow, road, man's life on earth. The… - Jean Giono
Days begin and end in the dead of night. They are not shaped long, in the manner of things which lead to ends - arrow, road, man's life on earth. The…
From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have always been i… - Jean Giono
From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have always been i…
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