Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth14 January 1850
CountryFrance
Pierre Loti quotes about
confronted french-writer left passed pyramid
The pyramid once passed there was still a short way to go before we confronted the Sphinx, in the middle of what our contemporaries have left him of his desert.
istanbul names enchanting
Holy Istanbul! Your name is the most enchanting one of all names which enchants me.
growing-up children men
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of growing up, which became more and more accentuated as I grew older.
museums remember periods
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
painting
Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.
fossils mystery study
Through the study of fossils I had already been initiated into the mysteries of prehistoric creations.
determination prayer vow
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, in my prayers I had given my word to God. How could I therefore break my vow?