...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.

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

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

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.

How quickly the apparently solidly laid foundation of one's existence could crumble.

With one glance he had got himself trapped in the brown fundament of her eyes, he was in danger of sinking, as if into a soft, brown swamp, and he had to close his own eyes for a second to get out of it.