Book Quote by Ray Bradbury

“There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better.…

— Ray Bradbury

Books do actually consume air and exhale perfumes.

— Eugene Field

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

— Ray Bradbury

I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of…

— George Gissing

A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it.

— Ray Bradbury

“My sort wants the book in its entirety. We need to touch it, to examine the weight of its paper and the way text…

— Pamela Paul

“The smell of books is the smell of us all coming together to document, entertain, and explain things for ourselves now and forever. It's…

— Neil Pasricha

So there you have it, a lifetime of first smelling the books, they all smell wonderful, reading the books, loving the books, and remembering…

— Ray Bradbury

I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

— Nathan Fillion

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

There is something about the aroma of fresh books that's totally intoxicating. A new book has a certain clean, crisp smell full of promise…

— Debra Ginsberg

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche