"He had withdrawn solely for his own personal……" — Patrick Süskind
"He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself.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 own existence and found it splendid."
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29 Quotes by Patrick Süskind
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Bathed in sweat and trembling with agitation, no, not with agitation, but with fear, for he finally admitted it to…
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There comes a time in every man's life when he needs his own toilet.
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As long as I don't have an idea, I won't write anything.
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He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.
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Very well, but remember this... I'll be looking at you when you're laid on the cross and the twelve blows…
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Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an…
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...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if…
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No human being can go on living in the same house with a pigeon, a pigeon is the epitomy of…
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With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of…
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How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.
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And finally - he was neither able nor willing to prevent it - the self-loathing dammed up inside him spilled…
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He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.
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Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows…
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How does one get rid of fear? Ramana: What is fear? It is only a thought. If there is anything…
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The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means…
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A genuine act of kindness makes me feel like I really am where you cut underneath anything external, and you…
— Catherine Ryan Hyde
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Today give up false mental attachments and beliefs! Free yourself from the delusion that anything external can fulfill the hunger…
— Michael Beckwith
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Within each and every one of us is a divine power that needs no substance or anything external to know…
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If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate…
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Humanity destroys itself, not anything external just internal by his own mind.
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