“And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood on end at the delicious horror.” — patrick suskind Disgust Copy Share Image
“He looks as if he were three or four; looks just like one of those unapproachable, incomprehensible, willful little prehuman creatures, who… — Patrick Süskind Human existence Copy Share Image
“He was a master in the art of spreading boredom and playing the clumsy fool-though never so egregiously that people might enjoy… — Patrick Süskind Art Copy Share Image
“Walking soothes. There is a healing power in walking. The regular placement of one foot in front of the other while at… — Patrick Süskind Spirituality Copy Share Image
“These were virtuoso odours, executed as wonderful little trifles that of course no one but he could admire or would ever take… — Patrick Süskind Happiness Copy Share Image
Bathed in sweat and trembling with agitation, no, not with agitation, but with fear, for he finally admitted it to himself: it… — Patrick Süskind Admitting Copy Share Image
“Never before in his life had he known what happiness was. He knew at most some very rare states of numbed contentment.… — Patrick Süskind First time Copy Share Image
“So spoke Grenouille the Great and, while the peasantry of scent danced and celebrated beneath him, he glided with wide-stretched wings down… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
This perfume was not like any perfume known before. It was not a scent that made things smell better... it was completely… — Patrick Süskind Capable Copy Share Image
No human being can go on living in the same house with a pigeon, a pigeon is the epitomy of chaos and… — Patrick Süskind Anarchy Copy Share Image
There comes a time in every man's life when he needs his own toilet. — Patrick Süskind Every man Copy Share Image
And finally - he was neither able nor willing to prevent it - the self-loathing dammed up inside him spilled over and… — Patrick Süskind Able Copy Share Image
She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark honey smooth and sweet… — Patrick Süskind Beauty Copy Share Image
He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money or the power of… — Patrick Süskind Able Copy Share Image
“There was only one thing the perfume could not do. It could not turn him into a person who could love and… — Patrick Süskind Copy Share Image
“She had a face so charming that visitors of all ages and both sexes would stand stockstill at the sight of her,… — Patrick Süskind Ice cream Copy Share Image
...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep… — Patrick Süskind Arms Copy Share Image
“The rivers stank, the marketplaces stank, the churches stank, it stank beneath the bridges and in the palaces. The peasant stank as… — Patrick Süskind Marriage Copy Share Image
Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot… — Patrick Süskind Appearance Copy Share Image
“As he took possession of it, he was overcome by a sense of something like sacred awe. He carefully spread his horse… — Patrick Süskind Solitude Copy Share Image
“He no longer yearned for his life in the cave. He had experienced that life once and it had proved unlivable. Just… — Patrick Süskind Life Copy Share Image
“He would be able to create a scent that was not merely human, but super human, an angels scent, so indescribably good… — Patrick Süskind Angel Copy Share Image
“And now fear spread over the countryside. People no longer knew against whom to direct their impotent rage.” — Patrick Süskind Fear Copy Share Image