Quotes by Bachelard, Gaston

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did n >>

I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a wor >>

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: >>

Quotations about Sleep

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear, your head like the golden >>

The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their tim >>

No matter what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Ca >>

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.

Bachelard, Gaston