Aromas Quote by Elizabeth Enright

“The scent of trees was in the air.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“The air smelled of salt and sand and fish. As though all was peace, and harvesttime, and autumn nights. Not the end of everything.”

— Julie Berry

“The breeze carried herself to my nose. It was a scent I hadn't smelled before. It smelled like fallen leaves, or the first bud…

— Sohn Won-Pyung

“He smelled like grass and warm earth, like smoke and semen and horses.”

— George R.R. Martin

“The smell of him when he was sleeping, the sound of his breathing -- that was home and everything I wanted at the end…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“He smells safe, too, like sunlit walks in the orchard and silent breakfasts in the dining hall. And in the moments before I drift…

— Veronica Roth

“He smells like the ocean on a wild, storm-tossed day. Like moonlight on the open water. Like rain falling through leaves.”

— Tracy Wolff

“He flicked through the yellowed rough-cut pages and breathed its musty smell. It filled him with a strange excitement, as if he'd caught a…

— Joan London

“The wind blows through him, cleansing. Salt and distance, smell of the deep.”

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

“And it made you wonder if this was the way the air had always smelled in places like upstate Minnesota and in Oregon and…

— Stephen King

“Breathing through his mouth, he found he could taste the air. It was the taste of an old, abandoned book; of a damp cemetery…

— Ambrose Ibsen

“The night air moved up towards the Downs, washing over sea and orchard. I breathed it in, and thought that henceforth, loneliness would smell…

— Laurie R. King