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Henceforth nothing could shake him and no doubt could cause him to waver. He had found his way to sphinxlike imperturbability.

Patrick Süskind

Henceforth nothing could shake him and no doubt could cause him to waver. He had found his way to sphinxlike imperturbability.

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About Patrick Süskind

Patrick Süskind (German: [ˈpatʁɪk ˈzyːskɪnt] ; born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.