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The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded my consciousness like an…

— Ross Macdonald

“The smell of dead fish lingered in the air, and excited flies darted from fish to fish lapping up the decay.”

— S.W. Lothian

“The air smelled of salt and frying fish, of hot tar and honey, of incense and oil and sperm.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Old pond — frogs jumped in — sound of water”

— Matsuo Bashō

“the smell of resin filled the air. A thrush was singing somewhere. Late harebells were thick among the grass, and small blue butterflies moved…

— Mary Stewart

“There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!”

— Frank Zappa

A very ancient and fish-like smell.

— William Shakespeare

“About midnight excited hails were heard from a boat about a couple of miles out at sea to the southeast of Sidmouth, and a…

— H.G. Wells

The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries, The smell of the sea.

— Mourid Barghouti

“Red-bellied hummingbirds and hard-beaked toucans banked in the mist rising up in wet clouds. The air shook around jagged rock columns that thrust from…

— Jeffrey Marcus Oshins

I knew from jump street things were fishy, that smell wasn't me!

— Anonymous

“Smells of dirt and wet and long-gone vegetables would merge into one unmistakable ineluctable smell, the smell of the monster, the apotheosis of all…

— Stephen King