...there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that its shoots will not cease. Though its root gro...ws old in the earth, and its stump dies in the ground, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth branches like a young plant. But mortals die, and are laid low; humans expire, and where are they?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. ...The public is odorless.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The morning rose, that untouched stands Armed with her briars, how sweet she smells!... But plucked and strained through ruder hands, Her sweets no longer with her dwells, But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the identification o...f Tallulah's husband. It's tough enough to be bogged down in a legend. It would be even tougher to marry one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to be given ...trouble; they exist for it, they are geared to it. For the location of a mislaid volume, an uncatalogued item, your good librarian has a ferret's nose. Give her a scent and she jumps the leash, her eye bright with battle.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is hard going to the door cut so small in the wall where... the vision which echoes loneliness brings a scent of wild flowers in the wood.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »