Life Quote by James Lee Burke

“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 was gazing down at me, and his eyes were endless, deep pools of pleading and fire and barely restrained something or other, and…

— Delilah S. Dawson

“For a long while- for many years, in fact- he had not thought of how it was before he came to the farm. His…

— Truman Capote

“He couldn't stop smelling the air in great, deep, loud sniffs. It was so delicious. It smelled of water, and mud, and maple trees,…

— Elizabeth Enright

“...and from then on whenever he smells lilacs he'll think about this moment. How the bees were circling above him, how purple the ink…

— Alice Hoffman

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

— Tracy Wolff

“As soon as he had left the room and walked into the air, he knew that he would never return and for the first…

— Peter Ackroyd

“There was a tiny silence, only the soft hum of the fluorescence. I thought of her in the cold ruined house, with night birds…

— Tana French The Likeness

“DUMB AUTUMN SMELLS. The marguerite, unbroken, passed between home and chasm through your memory. A strange lostness was palpably present, almost you would have…

— Paul Celan

“He forced himself to sound careless, no matter that her proximity stirred his senses so powerfully. The sun flooding through the window lit rich…

— Anna Campbell

“Silent as a flower, her face fell in dismay, aware that the ghost of lust ate and left, sensing that there was a different…

— Anthony Liccione

“…Beloved, Today I have sought you throughout my city and your strange city, where the buildings do not rejoice to the sun, like shells…

— Eunice Odio