Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

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

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

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...

Reading their books over and over again, people continue making mistakes; they are so proud...

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...