"My sister and my brother, of whom I……" — Pierre Loti
"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 different generations."
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26 Quotes by Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti has 26 quotes on this site.
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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…
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If by chance I seated myself to write, she very slyly, very tenderly, seeking protection and caresses, would softly take…
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The moon of a bright silver, which dazzles by its shining, illumines a world which surely is no longer ours;…
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My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
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I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to…
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Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
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I still held fast to my determination to become a minister; it still seemed to me that that was my…
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I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew…
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Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of…
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It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing…
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I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about…
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Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as…
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Religion belonged to the infancy of humanity. Now that humanity had come of age, it should be left behind.
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Although we give lip service to the notion of freedom, we know the government is no longer the servant of…
— Gerry Spence
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"Native" always means people who belong someplace else, because they had once belonged somewhere. That shows that the white race…
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One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly,…
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When I am dead, let it be said of me: he belonged to no school, to no church, to no…
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I used to measure the Heavens, now I measure the shadows of Earth. The mind belonged to Heaven, the body's…
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I belonged to a small minority of boys who were lacking in physical strength and athletic prowess. ... We found…
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