Able Quote by Jean Craighead George

“He smelled the odor of the pine boughs under him, the piney smell of the crushed needles and the sharper odor of the resinous…

— Ernest Hemingway

In case you're wondering, the underside of a sheep doesn't smell that great. Imagine a winter sweater that's been dragged through the mud and…

— Rick Riordan

Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious.

— Fernando Pessoa

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake…

— Diane Ackerman

“The mountains still smelled to us like lavender and lemon verbena, and we hiked the Valle Grande, a mountain meadow the size of Manhattan…

— TaraShea Nesbit

The strong smells I remember are all floral. There's nothing like a farm rose to take you back to the mountains and the meadows.…

— Amanda Seyfried

“THE LILIES This morning it was, on the pavement, When that smell hit me again And set the houses reeling. People passed like rain:…

— Doris Lessing

I was hiking a five-day loop - alone - in the Rocky Mountains when I rounded the switchback and saw a large body on…

— Claire Cameron

Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the…

— James Lee Burke

I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent.…

— Dian Fossey

Do you smell That the Rock is Cookn?

— The Rock

Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in…

— Susan Orlean