The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it… — Pierre Loti Dazzle Copy Share Image
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time. — Pierre Loti Museums 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 Air 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… — Pierre Loti Careless 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… — Pierre Loti Brother 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… — Pierre Loti Children 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… — Pierre Loti Desire 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… — Pierre Loti Agonizing Copy Share Image
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me. — Pierre Loti Enchanting 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… — Pierre Loti Country Copy Share Image
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of to-day - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as… — Pierre Loti Children 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,… — Pierre Loti Antiquity Copy Share Image
But it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where… — Pierre Loti Aids Copy Share Image
“We communed together a moment, one with the other—I was deeply fascinated. At our first encounter I am sure I had a… — Pierre Loti Childhood Copy Share Image
Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully. — Pierre Loti Music Copy Share Image
I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that… — Pierre Loti Consciousness Copy Share Image
I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I… — Pierre Loti Break Copy Share Image
The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what… — Pierre Loti Before Copy Share Image
My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when… — Pierre Loti Attention Copy Share Image
My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept. — Pierre Loti Emotion Copy Share Image
I was at that time like a fledgling swallow living high up in a niche in the eaves, who from time to… — Pierre Loti Bright Copy Share Image
Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring nature, cajoling, haughty, and capricious, difficult to fathom. They reveal themselves only to certain favored… — Pierre Loti Appreciation Copy Share Image
I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we… — Pierre Loti Church Copy Share Image
And all around is the desert; a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand. — Pierre Loti Around Copy Share Image
