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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…
• The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours; for it…
• My sister and my brother, of whom I have not spoken before, were considerably older than I; it seemed almost as if…
• 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…
• 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…
• I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we…
• Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately,…
• It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see…
• I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years…

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