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Writing Prompt: More Last Lines

Choose one of the last lines of these literary works, and either create a new story/poem or continue writing the story...

“I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.” —Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847)

“For the first time they had done something out of Love.” —Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985)

“Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this.” —Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868)

“‘Darling,’ replied Valentine, ‘has not the count just told us that all human wisdom is summed up in two words?—‘Wait and hope.'” —Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)

“Later on he will understand how some men so loved her, that they did dare much for her sake.” —Bram Stoker, Dracula (1897)

“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” —John Steinbeck, East of Eden (1952)

“I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be.” —Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005)

“The strains of the piano and violin rose up weakly from below.” —Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984)

“For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration.” —Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942)

“The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off.” —Joseph Heller, Catch-22 (1961)

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[pedroam-bang]

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer (2006)

[morelightt]

"DEATH IS THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY"

- literary examples of death as tragic and beautiful in its terror

Ophelia, a beautiful, innocent girl created by Shakespeare, torn by emotions so much that in despair for her lost love, she throws herself into the arms of the river, drowning. This is clearly seen in Millais's painting. Despite her death, a young girl resists the influence of filthy water on the human body. Pale but healthy skin, rosy cheeks and pink lips desperately taking their last breath. A tragic moment captured in such a calm way. Ophelia remains forever beautiful and immortal in the eyes of the viewer.

"Perfume" by Patrick Süskind, a novel about a murderer who tries to capture the most beautiful smell. The smell of death in the form of perfume made from a young body. His victims are again little girls who die in a tragic, sometimes even parodic way, being brutally mercilessly harmed. But in the main character's eyes they still shine like stars in the sky, filling him with pure exhilaration. Especially that one woman who is his eternal inspiration.

Baudelaire creates something similar in the poem "the death of lovers". The couple on its deathbed is not concerned about the coming end. Their love seems to bloom even more, surrounded by fragrant flowers that fill their souls with peace and joy.

Finally, the story of Tristan and Isolde, another lovers, on whose grave a hawthorn grows. A symbol of their eternal love. From their dead bodies, corrupted by decay, something amazing in its beauty is created bearing witness to their everlasting connection.

It reminds me of the words of Edvard Munch: "From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity"

Writers, poets, whole literature itself create death in various ways. But showing it as a gateway to beauty is something particularly special. How death can it be glamorous, artistic and pleasing for our eyes. How to find it among tragedy, mourning, rotten skin and that disgusting smell of decay. And why show it this way at all?

"Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell" - Hermann Hesse

[throes-of-increasing-wonder]

me retreating to my bedroom to rot after a long day of overstimulation

[il3x]

open call to everyone whose mind was rewired at any point by Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer. go read the lyrics of scapegoat by ghost and pals

[tavolgisvist]

Well, first I did it as comment to this @getbackmountain post (because it reminded me about my idea about beatlemania and Perfume by Patrick Suskind). But then I've got shy again, so… Look. The hero who is seeing all world as a kind of odours mix - and the heroes who hear our world as music. The hero who doesn't divide odours by good or bad but use all of them, who isn't good in the siences but does wonderful perfumes and know pretty well what they do with people - and the heroes who don't divide sounds by good or bad but use all of them, who aren't good in musical theory but can feel how make people happy or sad, get people high or bring they down by their music. The hero who gets an obsession with stuff what he does (odours and perfumes) - the heroes who get an obsession with stuff what they do (sounds and music). The hero who learned to take and mix the odours which he adores and then bring it to people, and they fall in love with him so much so they tore him limb from limb - the heroes who mixed sounds which they adore so cool what people got mad about them and almost tore they limb from limb. And the things which they did for their great loves

[ky07isk]

"Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer", Patrick Süskind

This book... scared me, to say the least. It is extremely well-written, and the descriptions are so vivid that they even caused strong physical symptoms in me sometimes.

In the beginning, I liked Grenouille's character. Even when he killed that first girl, strangely enough, I didn't feel too strongly about that.

But when he laid eyes on Laura Richis and started investigating how to capture her smell, and every atrocity that came with that search, it made me sick to my stomach.

Perhaps it was the fact that it was so carefully planned and anticipated by Grenouille, perhaps it was something else... I found his selfishness, his total lack of respect for human life and his disdain towards everyone else extremely revolting.

In conclusion, it's a good book, that yet again made me reflect on how far human cruelty and evil can go.

~ kyky

[vivipivi]

current read ྀིྀི ♥️

[the7thnovelgirl]

He saw himself in the arms of a woman with black curls and saw the silhouette of a bouquet of roses on the windowsill, through which a night breeze was blowing; he heard birdsong echoing and the distant music of a tavern in the harbour; he heard a whisper in his ear, he heard an "I love you" and felt voluptuousness ruffle his hair, there, now, at this very moment! He suddenly opened his eyes and let out a deep sigh of pleasure. This perfume was not one we had ever known before.

It wasn't a perfume that made you smell better, it wasn't a smell-good, it wasn't a toiletry. It was something entirely new, capable of creating a whole universe of its own, a lush, enchanted universe, and you suddenly forgot everything that was disgusting about the world around you, and you felt so rich, so good, so free, so happy.

The perfume , Patrick Susking

[mouldynoodles]

Am I tripping or is senseless apprentice by nirvana about perfume the story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind

I was listening to in Utero and thought ermm this sounds suspiciously like the start of one of my favourite novels 🤓🤓

@just-an0ther-wh0re could you confirm my suspicions?? you probably know more about Nirvana than me

[lilli-isa]

new book:)

[redheartstollen]

"Until now he had thought that it was the world in general he wanted to squirm away from. But it was not the world, it was the people in it. You could live, so it seemed, in this world, in this world devoid of humanity."

~ "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind

[bluebellsinthelibrary]

Day 2 of the TRCC Readathon:

Murder by candlelight (40% → 51% done)

Perfume (14% → 24% done)

The Sussex Vampire (not started)

Stalker (5% → 13% done)

Jumped between stories today because I had to swutch between audio book, eboo and physical copy. I'm also surprised that Perfume is such an easy read for me because a lot of my friends said that they had problems with all of the descriptions but those don't bother me at all. But then again I'm only at the beginning.

[james-joyces-right-eyeball]

Favorite Books I Read in 2023

Not including rereads and in no particular order, here are the books I loved the most this year.

Titles & Authors, from top left to bottom:

Fluids by May Leitz

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson

Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Valencia by Michelle Tea

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

Ada, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov

Summer by Edith Wharton

"The Echo & the Nemesis", "Life is No Abyss", "The Interior Castle", "Bad Characters", and "In the Zoo" by Jean Stafford

Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill

Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

Crash by J.G. Ballard

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde

Erasure by Percival Everett

Persuasion by Jane Austen

White Noise by Don DeLillo

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

The Passion by Jeanette Winterson

Ghosts of my Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology, & Lost Futures by Mark Fisher

Girl Flesh by May Leitz

Here's to a new year, full of great reading!

[andreai04]

Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it.

[aliresix]

can we talk about the last two pages of "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind can we pretty pleeeease talk about the last two pages of "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind