With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as if into a soft, brown swamp, and he had to close his own eyes for a second to get out of it.
- Patrick Süskind
More Quotes By Patrick Süskind
For people could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or... And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see... No human being can go on living in the same house with a pigeon, a pigeon is the... …talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.
Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power... He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.
He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.
People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.
He realized that all his life he had been a nobody to everyone. What he now felt was... Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.
This perfume was not like any perfume known before. It was not a scent that made things smell... He possessed the power. He held it in his hand. A power stronger than the power of money... She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark... He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.
…he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace...
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