Giu Giu

“The smell of the sea pleased him so much that he wanted one day to take it in, pure and unadulterated, in such quantities that he could get drunk on it. And later, when he learned from stories how large the sea is and that you can sail upon it in ships for days on end without even seeing land, nothing pleased him more than the image of himself sitting high up in the crow's nest of the foremost mast on such a ship, gliding on through the endless smell of the sea - which really was no smell, but a breath, an exhalation of breath, the end of all smells - dissolving with pleasure in that breath.”
― Suskind Patrick, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“I recommend Batman especially, for he tends to transcend the abysmal society in which he's found himself. His morality is rather rigid, also. I rather respect Batman.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

“There was not other sound except the husky wheezing of the clock in the hall and the sudden whirring note preparatory to the strike. It rang the hour - three o'clock - and then ticked on, chocking and gasping like a dying man who cannot catch his breath.”
― Daphne du Maurier, Jamaica Inn

“Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!Personally, I have found that a lack of food and comfort, rather than ennobling the spirit, create only anxiety within the human psyche and channels all of one's better impulses only towards the end of procuring something to eat. Even thought I do have a Rich Inner Life, I must have some food and comfort also.”
― John Kennedy Toole