Quote by Leigh Bardugo

“The floor was covered in sawdust to soak up spilled lager, vomit, and whatever else the bar’s patrons lost control of. Retvenko wondered how…

— Leigh Bardugo

“The City went to me in a LANDSLIDE, and you know why? Because all it wants is decent television, a bit of spare change…

— Warren Ellis

“He smelled like aftershave and the subway, though the former not in a good way, and the latter not in a bad way.”

— shukyou

“The city isn't good and the city isn't happy and the city is sick," he says--"but you are good and I thank you for…

— Irmgard Keun

“I like the city late at night, the blasts of music and the splashes of light cast from bars that are still open, shoals…

— Mhairi McFarlane

“A bus drives past and I’m nauseated by a whiff of exhaust. Then rotting fish. The rancid stench of sewage. Is it garbage day?…

— Shannon M Mullen

“It was a city in which the very old and the awkwardly new jostled each other, not uncomfortably, but without respect;”

— Neil Gaiman

“She found Diana’s room. Diana was sitting in her bed using a remote control to idly flip through the channels on the wall-mounted TV.…

— Michael Grant

“Even worse, there was a smell. Musky and warm, like old blood. It made his throat close, and he wanted to wretch.”

— Victor LaValle

“Adrian had a Guinness because I guess he felt like drinking a loaf of bread or something. That's what it smelled like, anyway.”

— Cherie Priest

“He pumped her roughly, filling the room with the sounds of their breathing and the smell of their sin. She felt drunk, this man’s…

— Cara McKenna

“He caught Ben's come in the napkin, the smell making his mouth water harder than any chile sauce could.”

— BA Tortuga