"Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one,……" — Patrick Süskind
"Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame."
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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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