Giants in the Earth Man and the Natural World Quotes

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Quote #10

Everything he had planted that spring was blooming like a garden. Why, he could just hear the potatoes grow! (2.2.8.3)

There is nothing in life more beautiful to Per Hansa than watching his crops grow. He feels so intimately connected to his land that he feels like he can hear his potatoes growing. This reaction lies in pretty stark contrast to Beret's, which hears nothing but empty wind blowing in an empty place.