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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
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- Gaston Bachelard
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- Approximate author period: c. 1923 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Gaston Bachelard: life dates 1884 to 1962. Wikidata Q270800, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270800 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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