Perfume Shrill Quotes by Renée Vivien

There are fewer ways of making love than they say, and more than one believes.

— Renee Vivien

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.

— Renee Vivien

“My brunette with the golden eyes, your ivory body, your amber Has left bright reflections in the room Above the garden. The clear midnight…

— Renée Vivien

I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness.

— Renee Vivien

What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?

— Renee Vivien

“You will never know how to tarnish the devotion Of my passion for the beauty of women, that my verse acclaims”

— Renée Vivien

I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices.

— Renee Vivien