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“He had used only a drop of his perfume for his performance in Grasse. There was enough left to enslave the whole world. If he wanted, he could be feted in Paris, not by tens of thousands, but by hundreds of thousands of people; or could walk out to Versailles and have the King kiss his feet; write the Pope a perfumed letter and reveal himself as the new Messiah; be anointed in Notre-Dame as Supreme Emperor before kings, or even as God come to earth.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
“February in Texas is a cold, bitter lady. March is when she loses her virginity.”
― Black-Eyed Susans
― Black-Eyed Susans
“All that counts is the truth. Without it you're basically just juggling people's daft ideas.”
― The Girl You Left Behind
― The Girl You Left Behind
“He would be able to create a scent that was not merely human, but super human, an angels scent, so indescribably good and vital that who ever smelt it would be enchanted and with his whole heart would have to love him.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
“There is a whole lot more to life than winning.”
― The Girl You Left Behind
― The Girl You Left Behind
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