My emotions lose their force when I endeavor to interpret them, and my words seem very inept.
Pierre LotiMy 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.
Pierre LotiI do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
Pierre LotiBut it is true that sometimes an enveloping darkness aids one to clearer vision; as in a panorama building, for example, where the obscurity about the entrance prepares one better for the climax, and gives the scene depicted a more real and vivid appearance.
Pierre Loti