People Quote by Patrick Süskind

People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.

— Patrick Süskind

He was of an impressible nature, and lived a great deal in other people's opinions and feelings concerning himself...

— George Eliot

At a certain point he was very popular, from THE RAVEN. He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he…

— John Astin

He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided…

— Stefan Zweig

He felt ... a suspicion-no, a conviction-than he had been abandoned, forgotten, and that no one in the whole world cared or would ever…

— Dean Koontz

He was resentful against all those in authority over him, and this, combined with a lazy indifference toward his work, exasperated every master in…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.

— Oscar Wilde

Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for…

— Harry S. Truman

He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.

— Samuel Johnson

“He was a master in the art of spreading boredom and playing the clumsy fool-though never so egregiously that people might enjoy making fun…

— Patrick Süskind

Nothing in his life became him like leaving it.

— William Shakespeare

He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery