Perfume Flashcards
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It is absolutely impossible for an infant to be possessed by the devil…. (It) does not yet possess a fully developed soul.
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The cry that followed his birth, the cry which he had brought himself to people’s attention and his mother to the gallows, was not an instinctive cry for sympathy and love.
Page 155
He who ruled scent ruled that hearts of men
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The odour of humans is always a fleshy odour- that is, a sinful odour
Page 7
… Babe Grenouille had never been baptized nor received so much as a name…
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The other children however, sence sat once what Grenouille was about. From the first day, the new arrival was a sinister presence to them.
Page 28
Madame gaillard, however, noticed that he had certain abilities and qualities that were highly unusual, if not to say supernatural.
Page 78
“I have the best nose in Paris, maitre baldini” Grenouille interrupted with a rasp. “I know all the odours in the world, all of them.”
Page 124
Everywhere, in every direction, humanity lay equally remote from him, and a step in any direction would have meant closer proximity to human beings.
Page 122
Never in his life had he felt so secure, certainly not in his mothers belly
Page 188
He succeeded in being considered totally uninteresting. People left him alone. And that was all he wanted.
Page 203
And now fear spread over the countryside. People no longer knew against whom to direct there impotent rage
