Body Quote by Peter Ackroyd

“It smelled like a library – the initial whiff of something bitter, followed by the scent lingering in every book there – dusty, sweet,…

— Kimberly Krey

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

— Elizabeth Kostova

“There was the smell of old books, a smell that has a way of making all libraries seem the same. Some say that smell…

— Scott Douglas

“My mother, who would always buy her books new, hated it the vintage hardcovers with their cracked spines and threadbare cloth covers. True you…

— Jodi Picoult

“Most people either love or hate old libraries. To some, a room like this--dim, high-ceilinged, dusty, smelling of old paper and crumbling leather--would be…

— Anonymous

“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.”

— Robert E. Keller

The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good as the…

— Betty Smith

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

As soon as I got into the library I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I got a whiff of the leather…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

In the University library he wandered through the stacks, among the thousands of books, inhaling the musty odor of leather, cloth, and drying page…

— Anonymous

Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink.

— Barbara Pym

“There was nothing like the smell of books, particularly old books—that magical combination of oaky aged paper, the rich robustness of leather, the silkiness…

— H.Y. Hanna