“He walked briskly. He was all wrapped up in his joy. He was filled with songs, packed in his throat and pressing against his teeth. He puckered up his lips. It was a joy of which he wanted to savour all the smell and taste the juice as long as possible, like a sheep eating grass in the evening among the hills. He went on like that, until the beautiful silence had settled within him and around him, like a meadow.”
Jean Giono was a French author born on March 30, 1895, and died on October 8, 1970. He is known for his works that depict the life of the French countryside and his admiration for nature. more
“There is no greater joy, than being an ingredient in the joy of others.”
“When you deny someone the opportunity to help you, you deny them joy in life.”
“How to hang on to that full-body joy I knew I was capable of and still understand it as elegy.”