Scent Quotes

396 Scent quotes by 310 unique authors

Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of… — Hanna Rosin
There was the blue sky above her and all those many roses, the ones that gave off the scent of cloves in the rain and… — Alice Hoffman
The scent is sweet and meloncholy. A bit like dying, a bit like falling in love. — Gabrielle Zevin
I wonder that religion can live or die on the strength of a faint, stirring breeze. The scent trail shifts, causing the predator to miss… — Barbara Kingsolver
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this… — John Kennedy Toole
Sometimes when you pick up your child you can feel the map of your own bones beneath your hands, or smell the scent of your… — Jodi Picoult
When someone you love dies, and you're not expecting it, you don't lose her all at once; you lose her in pieces over a long… — John Irving
The only thing that gets me high is the musky scent of my enemy's fear — Stephen Colbert
In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was… — Anne Rice
Households that have lost the soul of cooking from their routines may not know what they are missing: the song of a stir-fry sizzle, the… — Barbara Kingsolver
If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent. And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then,… — Daphne du Maurier
Why did dusk and fir-scent and the afterglow of autumnal sunsets make people say absurd things? — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Questers of the truth, that’s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another being’s authentic core. — Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his… — Samuel Johnson
When we read, it is not ours to absorb all that is written. Our thoughts are jealous and they constantly blank out the thoughts of… — Milorad PaviÄ‡
taking her hand he led her out into a broad stretch of hard sandy soil that the moon flooded with great splendor. They floated out… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
When the starry sky, a vista of open seas, or a stained-glass window shedding purple beams fascinate me, there is a cluster of meaning, of… — Julia Kristeva
She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl.… — Jerry Spinelli
This morning, Tegus welcomed me again with an arm clasp and cheek touch. I wasn't startled this time, and I breathed in at his neck.… — Shannon Hale
The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its… — Therese of Lisieux
I think a lot about the poems I wasn't able to write...I masturbrated...Solitude is essentially a matter of pride; you bury yourself in your own… — Orhan Pamuk
The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in… — C.S. Lewis
Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef… — James Patterson
From daydreams on the road there was no waking. He plodded on. He could remember everything of her save her scent. Seated in a theatre… — Cormac McCarthy

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