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“He smelled the odor of the pine boughs under him, the piney smell of the crushed needles and the sharper odor of the resinous…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Most of what's known about religious practices in pre-Hispanic Mexico has come to us through a Catholic parish priest named Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“I begin with the test tube labeled, with a red Sharpie marker, "Assimilation." The smell alone can make anyone lose some, if not all,…

— Dolores Delgado Bernal

“Native Americans burn sage bundles to purify their surroundings and to invoke a blessing on the sacred space of their dwellings.”

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

“The sour smell was not the smell of fungus. It was unlit incense, and cold ashes, and unsaid prayers. I”

— Mary Stewart

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The Spanish had butchered the Indians with a clean conscience because they were confident that they knew what a normal human being was. Their…

— Alain de Botton

“As we pulled out of Zacatecas, the air was thick with the odors of smoldering ash, bloody dust, putrefying flesh. The rich ripe smells…

— James Carlos Blake

Ken, my husband, just smelled like he belonged to me. I'm not talking about hygiene. I'm talking about when you hug him, he either…

— Erica Jong

The mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization.

— Fernand Braudel

I wish I could show you what a small marihuana cigarette can do to one of our degenerate Spanish-speaking residents. That's why our problem…

— Harry J. Anslinger

“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