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Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs

Book by Marcel Pagnol · 8 quotes · Manon, Morality, Birthplace

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“In the solitary farmhouse of the hills there was a great joy in life, much tenderness, and much hope.”

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“Our judgments are always too hasty, and souls are truly separated when love does not unite them. I was wrong in my reckoning of that man.”

Wisdom Morality Judgment Perception Mistaken Identity Quick To Judge

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“Manon," said the hunchback gravely, "it's your thoughts that are nasty. This gentleman gave us the tiles we were missing, so every time it rains we should recognize it and give him a little thanks.”

Character Life Lessons Kindness Morality Gratitude Thankfulness

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“She reads books all the time. Sometimes for an hour without stopping!" "That's not too good, Galinette. A poor girl who reads books—I can't say I care for that...”

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“If only she would let me talk to her! I'm sure I could change her mind...That's what is needed, to change her mind. But how?”

Unreciprocated Love Lover S Plight

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“Her sea-blue eyes shone behind curls that hid her brow, and all her face had that vivid radiance that is retained by ripe nectarines for only a day, but glows for three or four years on the smooth cheeks of young girls.”

Cheeks Manon Young Girls

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“He lived in the ancient house where he was born, at the bottom of a vallon in the hills, three hundred meters from Massacan, surrounded by a pine wood, the silence of solitude, the odor of resin, and the perfume of rosemary.”

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“Tears rose to her eyes. It was the water of the hills, which could have saved her father, and instead wasted its richness in the sterile rocks and the subterranean night...”

Manon Water Of The Hills

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