“Homesickness is a great teacher. It taught me, during an endless rainy fall, that I came from the arid lands, and like where I came from. I was used to dry clarity and sharpness in the air. I was used to horizons that either lifted into jagged ranges or rimmed the geometrical circle of the flat world. I was used to seeing a long way. I was used to earth colors--tan, rusty red, toned white--and the endless green of Iowa offended me. I was used to a sun that came up over mountains and went down behind other mountains. I missed the color and smell of sagebrush, and the sight of bare ground.” WorldWayLongEarthUsedFallWhiteBehindsSunTeacherSeeingAirLandTaughtColorMountainRedSightGreenSmellCirclesEndlessClarityRangeDryFlatsHorizonOffendedLong WayRainyGreat TeacherIowaHomesicknessSharpness Author:Wallace Stegner
“I inhale loneliness like it is the sweet smell of virgin earth conquered by fiery rain drops. Within me, I'm a thousand others.” EarthLonelinessSweetThousandRainSmellVirginsFieryInhaleRain Drop Author:Faraaz Kazi
“Go, mark the matchless working of the power That shuts within the seed the future flower; Bids these in elegance of form excel. In color these, and those delight the smell; Sends nature forth, the daughter of the skies, To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.” HumansEyeEarthFormSkyColorFlowerDaughterMarkDelightSmellSeedsCharmProvidenceEleganceHuman Eyes Author:William Cowper
“The smell of moist earth and lilacs hung in the air like wisps of the past and hints of the future.” EarthPastAirSpringSmellHungHintsLilacWisps Book:Experiment in Springtime: A Novel Source: Experiment in Springtime: A Novel