When the soul drifts uncert... by Gerard De Nerval, a French Novelist

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“When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.”

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Name: Gerard De Nerval

Nationality: French

Date of Birth: May 22, 1808

Date of Death: 1855

Profession: Novelist

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When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.

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The first moments of sleep are an image of death; a hazy torpor grips our thoughts and it becomes impossible for us to determine the exact instant when the "I," under another form, continues the task of existence.

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