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The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
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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