The poetic image [โฆ] is not an echo of the past. On the contrary: through the brilliance of any image, the distant past resounds with echoes.
Gaston BachelardFor a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates.
Gaston BachelardThe word chrysalis alone is an unmistakable indication that here two dreams are joined together, dreams that be-speak both the repose and flight of being, evening's crystallization and wings that open to the light.
Gaston BachelardNobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and repress, through reading, the desire to become a writer.
Gaston Bachelard