He had escaped the abhorrent taint! He was truly completely alone! He was the only human being in the world!

No human being can go on living in the same house with a pigeon, a pigeon is the epitomy of chaos and anarchy, a pigeon that whizzes around unpredictably, that sets it's claws in you, picks at your eyes.

And because people are stupid and use their noses only for blowing, but believe absolutely anything they see with their eyes, they will say it is because this is a girl with beauty and grace and charm.

He decided in favor of life out of sheer spite and malice.

This perfume was not like any perfume known before. It was not a scent that made things smell better... it was completely new, capable of creating a whole world, a magical, rich world, and in an instant you forgot all the loathsomeness around you and felt so rich, so at ease, so free, so fine.

...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.

Not a visible enthusiasm but a hidden one, an excitement burning with a cold flame.