My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.

- Pierre Loti

Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.

- Pierre Loti

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 what may be …

- Pierre Loti

My books were always full of ink blots, always stained and covered with smeared sketches and pictures, which one draws idly when his attention wander…

- Pierre Loti

Cats are possessed of a shy, retiring nature, cajoling, haughty, and capricious, difficult to fathom. They reveal themselves only to certain favored …

- Pierre Loti

Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.

- Pierre Loti

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 th…

- Pierre Loti

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 fol…

- Pierre Loti

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 provinces, …

- Pierre Loti