Smell Quotes by Tom Robbins

11 Smell quotes by Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins treats smell like a wild character, and these eleven lines capture his playful, off‑beat take on aromas. The selection offers a quick taste of his vivid, unconventional voice.

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Eighty percent of love is smell.

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I rather like the smell of absurdity in the morning.

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“Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?”

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“I love hot hand of explosion. I love a breeze perfumed with the devil smell of powder.”

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“I asked Mr. Wrangle what you were like. He said you were hornet juice and rosebuds in a container of gazelle meat.”

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Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh -…

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“Must look into the botanical background of substance known as hashish," I jotted in my journal, writing by the light of candles…

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“Not too many years ago, the names of our perfumes bore testimony to such things. There was a popular scent called Tabu,…

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I want to travel on a train that smells like snowflakes. I want to sip in cafes that smell like comets. Under…

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“Are You Ready for New Urban Fragrances? Yeah, I guess I'm ready, but listen: Perfume is a disguise. Since the middle ages,…

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“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as if it…

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