Historical-romance Quote by Nancy B. Brewer

“I have been acquainted with the smell of death. The sickly, sugary smell that wafted in the wind towards the rooms in this palace.…

— Colm Tóibín

“The dust of my dreams swim spiced incense smoke.”

— Cameron Conaway

“I waited a moment, then lowered myself, cross-legged, to the earth. Some of the graves were adorned with flowers, in various stages of freshness…

— Barry Eisler

“SHE LET US INTO THE house, which had the subtle smell of old wood and old wool—as I used to imagine Victorian homes smelled…

— Neal Stephenson

His smell—the scent of a demon, cinnamon incense, amber musk—wrapped around me, filled my lungs. I felt like I could breathe again, without every…

— Lilith Saintcrow

Being a cult figure in one's own lifetime I am afraid is not at all pleasant. However I do not find that it tends…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“The air is different in the homes of the dead, I've noticed. Partly it's the smell. Blood baking under those bright halogen lamps. The…

— Harry Bingham

“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

“My kind of a day is when I wake up and walk in this peaceful awareness, When I can perceive beautiful aromas coming in…

— Belzebuub

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

— Fernando Pessoa

“I want to remember...Smelling your newness upon this earth. The baby-Jesus smell as Grandma used to put it. Pure. Unsullied. Like the imagined smell…

— Carew Papritz

“The sour smell was not the smell of fungus. It was unlit incense, and cold ashes, and unsaid prayers. I”

— Mary Stewart