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“Odours have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions or will. The persuasive power of an odour cannot be fended off. It enters into us like breath into our lungs. It fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.”
― Patrick Süskind

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it, and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion

“I thought the most beautiful thing in the world must be shadow. There was a shadow in bureau drawers and closets and suitcases and shadow under houses and trees and stones and shadow at the back of people's eyes and smiles”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“A strange melancholy pervades me to which I hesitate to give the grave and beautiful name of sorrow.”
― Françoise Sagan, Bonjour tristesse