"I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it"
- Pierre Loti
About this Quote
This quote by Pierre Loti speaks with the power of memory and the emotions that can be stimulated by it. The narrator recalls feeling a "scrumptious fear" when they found themselves alone in the midst of tall June turfs. This experience was likely a suggestion of a past event, and the narrator is not able to describe the "secret working of self awareness" that was stimulated by the memory. This quote talks to the power of memory and how it can stimulate strong emotions, even when we are unable to describe why. It likewise speaks with the power of nature and how it can bring us back to moments in our past.
This quote is written / told by Pierre Loti between January 14, 1850 and June 10, 1923. He/she was a famous Writer from France.
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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character"
