#smell

The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. ↗

— Georges Rouault

#certain #death #face #give #off

The sense of smell, like a faithful counsellor, foretells its character. ↗

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

#counsellor #faithful #like #sense #smell

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it. ↗

— Ridley Scott

#almost #because #could #creating #degree

I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine. ↗

— Amy Smart

#christmas #cider #cooking #during #hot

Smell is so powerful, you know. My grannies would both bake things like shortbreads and cookies. I think whenever I smell those kinds of things it really takes me back to my childhood. ↗

— Curtis Stone

#bake #both #childhood #cookies #i

When nothing else subsists from the past, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered...the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls...bearing resiliently, on tiny and almost impalpable drops of their essence, the immense edifice of memory ↗

— Marcel Proust

#memories #nostalgia #smell #nostalgia

Un miros de sărac, un miros de violență, de necesitatea de a parveni. ↗

— J.M.G. Le Clézio

#necessity #poverty #smell #violence #inspirational

Your words smell of corpses. ↗

— Georg Buchner

#smell #words #your

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells. ↗

— Patricia Cornwell

#difficult #especially #find #i #smells

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies. ↗

— David Leavitt

#perfume #smells