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Cosmic reveries separate us from project reveries. They situate us in a world and not in a society. The cosmic reverie possesses a sort of stability or tranquility. It helps us escape time. It is a state.

Gaston Bachelard

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The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving.
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A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.
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Why should the actions of the imagination not be as real as those of perception?
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We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection.
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