Quote by Gaston Bachelard
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should s

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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