Smell

Famous quotes containing the word smell:

    “Could it be that wisdom appears on earth as a raven, drawn by the faint smell of carrion?”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “For spring had entered the capital
    Walking on gigantic feet.
    The smell of witch hazel indoors
    Changed to narcissus in the street.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “Sleeping, sleeping,
    it is the
    thunder of the serpent
    drumroll of
    the mounting smell of
    gas.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)