Their heads, up on top, at the back of the head, where the hair makes a cowlick...is where they smell best of… — Patrick Süskind
Their heads, up on top, at the back of the head, where the hair makes a cowlick...is where they smell best of all...Once you've smelled them there, you love them whether they’re your own or somebody else's.
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He was very suspicious of inventions, for they always meant that some rule would have to be broken.
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