Air Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

The air smelled of paper and dust and years.

— Anonymous

The Deadwood dirt they painted on us with powder. The air always smelled of livestock and something burning, gave a sooty, dense feel to…

— Robin Weigert

It smelled like aging wood and creosote, plastic book covers, and old paper. Old paper, which my mom used to say was the smell…

— Kami Garcia

The wind smelled clean, like clean magazines. It smelled like invisible ink.

— Sarah Schulman

There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best…

— Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The air smelled like a mélange of everyone's perfume and hair products, with a slight undertone of booze.

— Sara Shepard

There was no smell. Over the years time other than when it rained, the musty odour was present. People were in and out of…

— John Wayne Gacy

“Even with the high-tech air filtration system in a modern facility, the place still smelled like archival storage: old paper, stale manila folders, cardboard,…

— Carrie Vaughn

“One time the scent of the old man appeared in the air: some combination of tobacco and citrus and soap. It was fleeting yet…

— Paul Yoon

“The smells arose from everything, everywhere, flowing together and remaining as a sickening, tantalizing discomfort. They flowed from the delicatessen shop with its uncovered…

— E.R. Braithwaite

“It was a dead hole, smelling of synthetic leather and disinfectant, both of which odors seemed to emanate from the torn scratched material of…

— Paula Fox

The house smelled musty and damp, and a little sweet, as if it were haunted by the ghosts of long-dead cookies.

— Neil Gaiman