- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
Smell Quotes
On scent, memory, and what lingers.
These lines connect smell to memory and perception—an old observation that scent revives the past more vividly than almost anything else, a classic literary point about names not changing a thing's true nature, and even the idea that music, unlike smell, leaves no physical trace. It ties into our Feel theme.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
- Christmas Tree
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- Nov 07, 2020
The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of the holidays.
- Lost
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 21, and rehearsing a play, took a fall and was in a coma for a few days. And when I recovered, I'd lost my sense of smell completely.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Smell is something that attracts me instantly. So if the guy smells nice, there is an instant attraction.
- Fake
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- Nov 07, 2020