But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more… — Pierre Loti Copy Share Image
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… — 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
