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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
Gaston Bachelard



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Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: French
Born: June 27, 1884
Died: October 16, 1962

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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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Man is an imagining being.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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There is no original truth, only original error.
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The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
Gaston Bachelard

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Words
Ceaselessly, Hears, Listening, Murmuring, Murmurs, Subconscious, The Truth, These, Truth
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Listening, Murmuring, Subconscious, These, Truth
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