Quotes from book
L'Eau et les Rêves

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“The reflected world is the conquest of calm”

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"Clear Waters, Springtime Waters"
L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942

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“True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.”

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Introduction
L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942

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“To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.”

Gaston Bachelard book L'Eau et les Rêves

Introduction
L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942

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“A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.”

Gaston Bachelard book L'Eau et les Rêves

Introduction
L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942

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