“He had no use for sensual gratification, unless that gratification consisted of pure, incorporeal odors.” — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“...if you could not close a door behind you to take a shit in the city - even if it was just… — Patrick Süskind Freedom Copy Share Image
With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as… — Patrick Süskind Brown Copy Share Image
“…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made… — Patrick Süskind Disgust Copy Share Image
“People even travelled to Lapland, up there in the North, with its eternal ice and savages who gorged themselves on raw fish.” — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly… — Patrick Süskind Candid Copy Share Image
For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they… — Patrick Süskind Affection Copy Share Image
“The wind blew cold, and he was freezing, but he did not notice that he was freezing, for within him was a… — Patrick Suskind Fear Copy Share Image
“Something was happening while you waited. The most essential thing was happening. And even if he himself was doing nothing, it was… — Patrick Süskind Success Copy Share Image
“Although he had used it very sparingly, the perfume that he had mixed in Montpellier was slowly was slowly running out. He… — Patrick Süskind True nature Copy Share Image
He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he… — Patrick Süskind Distracted Copy Share Image
“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or… — Patrick Suskind Copy Share Image
And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they… — Patrick Süskind Beauty Copy Share Image
It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge. — Patrick Süskind Refuge Copy Share Image
“And the awful thing was that Grenouille, although he knew that this odour was his odour, could not smell it. Virtually drowning… — Patrick Süskind Drowning Copy Share Image
“Virtually drowning in himself, he could not for the life of him smell himself.” — Patrick Süskind Drown Copy Share Image
“We are familiar with people who seek out solitude: penitents, failures, saints, or prophets. They retreat to deserts, preferably, where they live… — Patrick Suskind Failure Copy Share Image
“Moonlight knew no colors and traced the contours of the terrain only very softly. It covered the land a dirty gray, strangling… — Patrick Süskind Life Copy Share Image
...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. — Patrick Süskind Experience Copy Share Image
“He disgusted them the way a fat spider that you can't bring yourslef to crush in your own hand disgusts you.” — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“Grenouille’s mother, however, perceived the odor neither of the fish nor of the corpses, for her sense of smell had been utterly… — Patrick Süskind Parenting Copy Share Image
How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble. — Patrick Süskind Existence Copy Share Image
“He still had enough perfume left to enslave the whole world if he so chose. He could walk to Versailles and have… — Patrick Süskind Whole world Copy Share Image
