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> [Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/odours-have-a-power-of-persuasion-stronger-than-that-of-words/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/patrick-s-skind-5195_appearance_odours-have-a-power-of-persuasion-strong_2316194.png)

> [“...his sleep, though deep as death itself, was not dreamless this time, but threaded with ghostly wisps of dreams. These wisps were clearly recognizable as scraps of odors. At first they merely floated in thin threads past Grenouille's nose, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/his-sleep-though-deep-as-death-itself-was-not-dreamless-this-time-but/)

[Patrick Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

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## More by Patrick Süskind

> [“He had no use for sensual gratification, unless that gratification consisted of pure, incorporeal odors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/he-had-no-use-for-sensual-gratification-unless-that-gratification/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“...if you could not close a door behind you to take a shit in the city - even if it was just the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/if-you-could-not-close-a-door-behind-you-to-take-a-shit-in-the-city/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as if into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/with-one-glance-he-had-got-himself-trapped-in-the-brown-fundament-of/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/in-that-moment-as-he-saw-and-smelled-how-irresistible-its-effect-was/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“People even travelled to Lapland, up there in the North, with its eternal ice and savages who gorged themselves on raw fish.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/people-even-travelled-to-lapland-up-there-in-the-north-with-its/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/when-they-finally-did-dare-it-at-first-with-stolen-glances-and-then/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/for-people-could-close-their-eyes-to-greatness-to-horrors-to-beauty/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“The wind blew cold, and he was freezing, but he did not notice that he was freezing, for within him was a counterfrost, fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/the-wind-blew-cold-and-he-was-freezing-but-he-did-not-notice-that-he/)

[Patrick Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“Something was happening while you waited. The most essential thing was happening. And even if he himself was doing nothing, it was happening through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/something-was-happening-while-you-waited-the-most-essential-thing-was/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“Although he had used it very sparingly, the perfume that he had mixed in Montpellier was slowly was slowly running out. He created a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/although-he-had-used-it-very-sparingly-the-perfume-that-he-had-mixed/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/he-had-withdrawn-solely-for-his-own-personal-pleasure-only-to-be-near/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/this-scent-had-a-freshness-but-not-the-freshness-of-limes-or/)

[Patrick Suskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/and-because-people-are-stupid-and-use-their-noses-only-for-blowing/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/it-was-good-really-that-this-external-world-still-existed-if-only-as/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

> [“And the awful thing was that Grenouille, although he knew that this odour was his odour, could not smell it. Virtually drowning in himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-s-skind/and-the-awful-thing-was-that-grenouille-although-he-knew-that-this/)

[Patrick Süskind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-s-skind/)

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