“The larvae! The scent of young blood entices and draws them closer. There's no need to venture into antiquity to evoke the shades of the dead.” NeedsYoungBloodDrawsShadeVentureScentEvokeAntiquity Book:Monsieur de Phocas Source: Monsieur de Phocas
“By the sympathy of your human hearts for sin ye shall scent out all the places whether in church, bedchamber, street, field, or forest where crime has been committed, and shall exult to behold the whole earth one stain of guilt, one mighty blood spot.” HumansHeartHas BeensWholeEarthChurchSinBloodStreetsCrimeFieldsGuiltCommittedForestsSpotsScentHuman HeartStains Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Acapulco in the sunset seems like a balm; it enters the blood like a drug after one inhalation of the scent of flowers, one glimpse of the bay iridescent like silk, the sunset like the inside of a shell, so much like the flesh of Venus.” SeemsBloodFlowerDrugFleshSunsetMexicoShellsScentGlimpseSilkVenusIridescentAcapulco Author:Anais Nin
“There was the blue sky above her and all those many roses, the ones that gave off the scent of cloves in the rain and the ones that left a trace of lemon on your fingers, the ones that were the color of blood, and those that were as white as clouds. Each one was sweeter than the next and as red as gemstones.” NextLeftWhiteBloodSkyColorRedRainBlueRoseFingersCloudsScentLemonsBlue Sky Book:The River King Source: The River King
“For our part, when we feel, we evaporate; ah, we breathe ourselves out and away; with each new heartfire we give off a fainter scent. True, someone may tell us: you're in my blood, this room, Spring itself is filled with you . . . To what end? He can't hold us, we vanish within him and around him.” GivingFeelsMayEndsRoomsBloodSpringFilledBreatheScent Author:Rainer Maria Rilke
“It was always hard work to push through a crowed of reporters with the scent of blood in their nostrils. You might not think so, since on camera they appear to be brain-damaged wimps with severe eating disorders. But put them at a police barricade and a miraculous thing happens...The strength comes from some mysterious place-and somehow, when there is gore on the ground, these anorexic creatures can push their way through anything. Without mussing their hair, too.” ThinkingWayHardMightHappensBrainBloodHard WorkHairCreaturesEatingPoliceCamerasThings HappenMysteriousDisorderReportersScentSevereMiraculousGoreEating DisorderAnorexicsBarricadesWimps Author:Jeff Lindsay
“It Wasn't Hard To Follow The Scent Of Blood To The Living Room Where The Fae Had Been Killed. It Had Been A Violent Death, Perfect For Creating Ghosts.” HardPerfectRoomsBloodCreatingViolentGhostScentFaeLiving RoomViolent Death Book:The Mercy Thompson Collection Source: The Mercy Thompson Collection