"Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or withdraw into ourselves, is a symbol of solitude for the imagination; that is to say, it is the germ of a room, or of a house."

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Source : "'Large White House Speaking' by Mark Irwin" reviewed by Alexis Orgera, therumpus.net. April 23, 2014.

Gaston Bachelard

#Space Quotes #Imagination Quotes #House Quotes

“Men seem to think that Page 3 girls are only interested in money. Money doesn't impress me at all. Not in the slightest.”
“Man proposes, and God disposes.”

Source : "Orlando Furioso". Poem by Ludovico Ariosto. Canto XLVI, stanza 35, 1532.
“Yoga is a big part of my destressing. Even sitting on the floor for 10 minutes to center myself, stretch and relax can be a huge game changer.”
“How joyously the young sea-mew Lay dreaming on the waters blue, Whereon our little bark had thrown A little shade, the only one; But shadows ever man pursue.”
“I don't always just want to do the same thing.”
“As you get older, you sometimes feel that it's harder and harder to get something new and wonderful to come into your life.”
“I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place.”
“No sort of defense is needed for preaching outdoors, but it would take a very strong argument to prove that a man who has never preached beyond the walls of his meetinghouse has done his duty. A defense is required for services within buildings rather than for worship outside of them.”

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