Gaston Bachelard

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a read more

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the read more

A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the read more

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

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

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

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.