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Instead of looking for the dream in reverie, people should look for reverie in the dream. There are calm beaches in the midst of nightmares.

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
Dream
Reverie
Look
Nightmares
Looks
Nightmare
People
Midst
Beach
Calm
Instead
Looking
Beaches

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