“I dislike my fellow-mortals. Justice compels me to add that they appear for the most part to dislike me.
The Man from Archangel”
― The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Stories
The Man from Archangel”
― The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Stories
“…in that moment, as he saw and smelled how irresistible its effect was and how with lightning speed it spread and made captives of the people all around him—in that moment his whole disgust for humankind rose up again within him and completely soured his triumph, so that he felt not only no joy, but not even the least bit of satisfaction. What he had always longed for—that other people should love him—became at the moment of his achievement unbearable, because he did not love them himself, he hated them. And suddenly he knew that he had never found gratification in love, but always only in hatred—in hating and in being hated.”
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
― Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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