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Gilbert Parker
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“May your love for me be
like
the scent of the evening sea
drifting in
through a quiet window
so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you
all i have to do
is
breathe.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
like
the scent of the evening sea
drifting in
through a quiet window
so i do not have to run
or chase or fall
... to feel you
all i have to do
is
breathe.”
― A Thousand Flamingos
“We forgive not because it’s easy or the right thing to do, but that the choice to forgive is in itself powerful. It’s an affirmation, a willingness to take life on life’s terms. And a privilege that no one can take from you. It”
― The Debutante
― The Debutante
“The smell of jasmine makes people tell their secrets”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“The world is defined by smells – not words or shapes or sounds. This is the language that makes sense, that everyone understands.”
― The Perfume Collector
― The Perfume Collector
“Perfume should tell a story – the story of who you are, who you might be, perhaps even of who you fear becoming . . . all of these things are possible. It’s a very intimate element of a woman, just like her signature or the sound of her voice. And it conveys feelings and states of being that have no name, no language. Its very ambiguity makes it truer than words because, unlike words, it can’t be manipulated or misunderstood.”
― The Perfume Collector
― The Perfume Collector
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