Pierre Loti Quotes

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• It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.
• 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…
• The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it resembles in nothing…
• My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if we belonged to…
• My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
• I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life…
• Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
• I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my duty. I had pledged myself,…
• I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we had assembled for…
• Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and…
• It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who…
• I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about…
• Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had…
• I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just…
• I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
• I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as…
• Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other…
• Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.
• It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.
• Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

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