Quote by Robin Sloan

“Smell you later.”

— Hank Moody

“Smell unlocks your past. It brings you back to another time you didn’t know you had in you to remember.”

— Nadine Bjursten

“My nostrils smell, but not to you. Oh, they have no odor, unless you count the scent of nostalgia, which is what they always…

— Jarod Kintz

“An astonishing, curdled smell that had subtle layers of foulness for the nose to explore.”

— Andrew Michael Hurley

“I held it close to my face and smelled the ink. I have always loved the smell of ink in a new book.”

— Chaim Potok

“My favorite smells are freshly baked bread, the pages of an old book, and they way my boss’ ass smells when he’s shouting at…

— Jarod Kintz

“Everything around me smelled musty, like when you open an old book and it smells like words.”

— Meg Leder

“I smelled the stink that only a street whore has after a long, busy night.”

— Iceberg Slim

“Until you write what is detectable but dislodges you. Like the smell of cinnamon.”

— Durga Chew-Bose

“I recall the words, the faces, the stale perfume and the pungent odor that filled the room..”

— Nancy B. Brewer

“I miss your fragrance, sometimes I miss it this much that I can clearly smell you in the air.”

— Qaisar Iqbal Janjua

“No one knows the scent of books, or the scent of perfume, until someone opens them.”

— Omaid Ahmadzai