Quote by Jennifer Chiaverini Download Open image ““vivid descriptions of the grim sights and sounds and smells”” — Jennifer Chiaverini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“An astonishing, curdled smell that had subtle layers of foulness for the nose to explore.” — Andrew Michael Hurley Copy Share Image
Smell is a strange sight. It evokes sentimental landscapes through a sudden sketching of the subconscious. — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“I discovered news of old horrors in old books; read intelligence of old atrocities in old periodicals; always in the back of my mind,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“...and thinking how the first scent of autumn is like coming across a lost album of childhood photographs.” — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
“I still hadn’t understood; how there’s a certain smell to a dispossessed soul, acrid, bitter as smoke, the irrefutable odour of an angry refugee,… — Elisabeth Gifford Copy Share Image
“Over the balustrade I could see the dark trees of Webster Groves and the more distant TV-tower lights that marked the boundaries of my… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Books always had such a wonderful smell. Everywhere in the world. There was always something familiar about that. Something constant. I took a moment… — Sarah Kleck Copy Share Image
“It smelled like a library – the initial whiff of something bitter, followed by the scent lingering in every book there – dusty, sweet,… — Kimberly Krey Copy Share Image
“I believed I could identify the scent of the sky as I stood there, a blue menthol fragrance similar to the scent of seawater that sprayed into my face when I first dove into the ocean. That initial scent was much more subtle than the ocean's heavy, fishy aroma; it was a whiff of salt and mint, just as I… — Anne Spollen Copy Share
“I drew in a deep breath, sucking the sour tange into my lungs and savoring the chemical smell of decay. But this was no… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
“I stepped out to the lawn. I remember the air that night, and how it was so brisk that it could revive the dead.… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Who said you had to fill his shoes?" said Karen. "Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“Her greatest legacy could not be measured in garments or in words, but in the wisdom she had imparted, in the lives made better… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“The union of their shared lives could be a masterpiece, even if the colors of one piece clashed with another, even if uneven stitches… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Marvelously entertaining, Gabrielle Donnellys The Little Women Letters evokes the spirit of Louisa May Alcotts Little Women with warmth and affection. I thoroughly enjoyed… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“Upon reflection, Henry found it difficult to disagree with Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune and frequent critic of the Lincoln administration,… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Sometimes the most ordinary things are the ones we learn to miss the most. — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind. — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“of her husband’s cabinet, who had their own ideas for the president’s social calendar. The worst conflict, and the most upsetting for Mrs. Lincoln,… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“It’s painful to be the one not chosen,” she murmured to Father Ryan, watching the younger pair. “Even when you acknowledge, deep down, that… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
“All people—white and colored, slave and free, Union and Confederate—shared a common humanity belied by their outward differences. In a time of discord, in… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
Anna, falling in love with you was like coming home to a place I didn't realize I'd been missing all my life. You're the… — Jennifer Chiaverini Copy Share Image
