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Dreaming is to think by moonlight by the light of an inner moon.

Jules Renard

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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
Aphorist
Author
Diarist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chalons-du-Maine
Pierre-Jules Renard
Moon
Dream
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Think
Thinking
Moonlight
Dreaming
Inner

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