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We understand nature by resisting it.

Gaston Bachelard

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The house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
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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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Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?
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Our house is our corner of the world.
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So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.
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