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Gaston Bachelard Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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This page presents the quote "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.". Author of this quote is Gaston Bachelard. This quote is about language, nature, phenomenology, writing, words, dreams,.