For François Hébert, de Saint-Denys Garneau “was able to say the essential in a few words, with a terrifying and admirable authenticity” then, “shut it up, to let us find it again. ».
François Hébert found that de Saint-Denys Garneau could succinctly convey the crucial points with an authentic intensity. He urged him to stop speaking so they could rediscover what he had said.