“After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.”

“Alike Jean-Baptiste Grenouille... she's in the eternal search,but not for "perfect scent" but the "perfect love"she drinks from deep inside their soulsshe feeds her heartwith feelings and emotions, warm...empthy...she is in search formore...”

“I was lying there trying to control the fear. I did not know much about this uremic poisoning. A woman I'd known slightly in Texas had died of it after drinking a bottle of beer ever hour, night and day, for two weeks.”

“The sky was electric blue above the trees but the yard felt dark. Stephanie went to the edge of the lawn and sat her forehead on her knees. The grass and soil were still warm from the day. She wanted to cry but she couldn't. The feeling was too deep.”

“And sometimes,” she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, “if you don’t feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won’t be able to tell the difference.” (Bronwyn)”

“The smile that spread across my face felt like sunshine warming me from the inside out”