Patrick Süskind Quotes
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And suddenly solitude fell across his heart like a dusty reflection. He closed his eyes. The dark doors within him opened and he entered. The…
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Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.
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He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself. No longer distracted by anything external, he basked in his…
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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 scent.…
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And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they will say it…
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It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.
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He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.
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He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was the fear of his own oblivion. It…
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