Gaston Bachelard Quotes

If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?

Gaston Bachelard

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• Ourselves
• Feminine

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• If we did not have a feminine being within us, how would we rest ourselves?

  

  Gaston Bachelard
  • Rest
  • Ourselves
  • Feminine