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The reveries of two solitary souls prepare the sweetness of loving.

Gaston Bachelard

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Gaston Bachelard
Age: 78 †
Born: 1884
Born: June 27
Died: 1962
Died: October 16
G 巴什拉
G. Bachelard
Reverie
Love
Sweetness
Solitary
Prepare
Souls
Loving
Two
Reveries
Soul

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