Odor Quotes

111 quotes by 102 authors

Satin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love. — William Maxwell
Photography is a magic thing. A thing that has mysterious odors, a little strange and frightening, something one quickly grows to love. — Jacques-Henri Lartigue
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. — William Greider
The universe is permeated with the odor of turpentine! — Peter Tork
Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring - that delicious commingling of the perfume of arbutus, the odor of pines, and… — Neltje Blanchan
So behave that the odor of your actions may enhance the general sweetness of the atmosphere, that when we behold or scent a flower, we… — Henry David Thoreau
Every intoxicating delight of early spring was in the air. The breeze that fanned her cheek was laden with subtle perfume and the crisp, fresh… — Gene Stratton-Porter
I culled poetry from odors, sounds, faces, and ordinary events occurring around me. Breezes bulged me as if I were cloth; sounds nicked their marks… — Jimmy Santiago Baca
You must put the odor of the human body into images describe for me the implacable, the egoistic, the sensual, the cruel there are nothing… — Kenji Mizoguchi
A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you.… — John Steinbeck
The act of smelling something, anything, is remarkably like the act of thinking. Immediately at the moment of perception, you can feel the mind going… — Lewis Thomas
When the wind is right, a faint odor of kerosene is exhaled from Senator McCarthy. — Ray Bradbury
All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain with its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened pines;… — Theodore Roethke
There is nothing like an odor to stir memories. — William McFee
Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste, the… — Edgar Allan Poe
The earth's warmth under me, as I stretch out at night, is astonishing. It is like the warmth of another body that has absorbed the… — David Malouf
Our blossoms of passion, gay and luxuriant flowers, are bright and full of fragrance, but they beguile us and lead us astray, and their odor… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The second request of the very pure soul is to see the coming of the Father's kingdom (cf. Mt. 6:10). What this means first of… — John Cassian
Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians. — Ulysses S. Grant
What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their… — Charles Lamb

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