Air Quote by Tom Robbins

“Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air--moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh--felt as if it were being…

— Tom Robbins

“But crossing into Louisiana I got this haunted little rill of feeling -- there was moss and mud everywhere and an inexplicable, hollow sensation…

— Padgett Powell

The air was so sweet in New Orleans it seemed to come in soft bandannas; and you could smell the river and really smell…

— Jack Kerouac

Living through the heat in Louisiana was awful.

— Patricia Norris

There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels…

— Andrei Codrescu

Everything in Louisiana is about layers. There are layers of race, layers of class, layers of survival, layers of death, and layers of rebirth.…

— Don Lemon

There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels…

— Andrei Codrescu

“If you know anything about summer in Louisiana you know that the heat, moist and heavy, presses down on the pavement until it sends…

— Loraine Despres

The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the…

— Bob Dylan

“In New Orleans, the inspired feel sultry; the rest just feel sweaty.”

— Kristin Fouquet

Louisiana has got a very specific warmth and humidity and richness of light.

— Christopher Heyerdahl

“Secret codes and lore and lingo stretching back into that fluid time before air conditioning dried up the rich, heavy humidity that used to…

— Rebecca Wells