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The Pigeon

Patrick Süskind

The Pigeon

Patrick Süskind

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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 was as though he did not exist.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“… he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.”

Patrick Süskind book The Pigeon

Source: The Pigeon

“When they finally did dare it, at first with stolen glances and then candid ones, they had to smile. They were uncommonly proud. For the first time they had done something out of Love.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“There was only one thing the perfume could not do. It could not turn him into a person who could love and be loved like everyone else. So, to hell with it he thought. To hell with the world. With the perfume. With himself”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Patrick Süskind Quotes

“… talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark honey smooth and sweet and terribly sticky.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He had withdrawn solely for his own personal pleasure, only to be near to himself.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.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He had preserved the best part of her and made it his own: the principle of her scent.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“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 next performance in the theater of Grenouille's soul was beginning.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

“How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.”

Patrick Süskind book The Pigeon

Source: The Pigeon

“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 is because this is a girl with beauty and grace and charm.”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“He had escaped the abhorrent taint! He was truly completely alone! He was the only human being in the world!”

Patrick Süskind

Source: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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