People could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to … - Patrick Süskind

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People could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn't escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath.

Patrick Süskind

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Patrick Süskind (born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.

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Alternative Names: Patrick Suskind

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He disgusted them the way a fat spider that you can't bring yourself to crush with your own hand disgusts you.

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