Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring nature, cajoling, haughty, and capricious, difficult to fathom. They reveal themselves only to certain favored individuals, and are repelled by the faintest suggestion of insult or even by the most trifling deception. — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time. — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence. — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me. — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of to-day - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
