Ennemonde Quotes

“L'été est étincelant et bref. Il s'arrache au printemps en cinq jours, il s'épanouit en vingt, il se convulse en dix et c'est l'automne.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères

“The gods of this land are monsters.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères

“He called his horse Bicou, he called the child Bicou, and to hell with it.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères

“She no longer rubbed shoulders with clouds and heights, sunset and dawn, but with men stinking of goat.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères

“Everything here was mean and dirty, the people ate worms.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères

“Now, once one has got to know these people at all, it's apparent that they love the wind to distraction and that they'd even pay to have wind. They've no need to pay, they've got it, solidly and permanently.”
― Jean Giono, Ennemonde et autres caractères