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> [If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take her place on my knee and follow the comings and goings of my pen - sometimes effacing, with an unintentional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/if-by-chance-i-seated-myself-to-write-she-very-slyly-very-tenderly/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

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## More by Pierre Loti

> [The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/the-moon-of-a-bright-silver-which-dazzles-by-its-shining-illumines-a/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/i-do-not-exactly-remember-at-what-period-i-started-my-museum-which/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/it-is-with-the-approach-of-winter-that-cats-wear-their-richest-fur/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/i-am-sure-that-the-sad-days-and-happenings-were-rare-and-that-i-lived/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/my-sister-and-my-brother-of-whom-i-have-not-spoken-before-were/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/it-is-said-that-many-children-who-live-in-the-central-provinces-away/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/i-am-surprised-that-i-cannot-recall-whether-my-desire-to-become-a/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/i-still-have-in-my-memory-almost-agonizing-impressions-of-a-serious/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/holy-istanbul-your-name-is-the-most-enchanting-one-of-all-names-which/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/often-before-returning-home-i-would-take-a-long-and-roundabout-way/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of to-day - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/unlike-most-other-children-especially-unlike-those-of-to-day-who-are/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/egypt-the-egypt-of-antiquity-at-a-later-time-exercised-a-mysterious/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/but-it-is-true-that-sometimes-an-enveloping-darkness-aids-one-to/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [“We communed together a moment, one with the other—I was deeply fascinated. At our first encounter I am sure I had a nebulous presentiment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/we-communed-together-a-moment-one-with-the-other-i-was-deeply/)

[Pierre Loti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-loti/)

> [Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-loti/painting-and-music-were-the-only-things-i-worked-at-industriously-and/)

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