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Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.

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
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Infinity
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