“There must be some unwritten law that says about fifty people have to move into your house when somebody dies. If it weren't for the smell of death clinging to the walls, you might think it was your family's turn to host the month neighborhood potluck supper.” PeopleIfsThinkingMightMovingLawDeathDiesTurnsHouseWallMonthsSmellFiftyNeighborhoodHostClingingSupperUnwrittenPotluck Book:Under the Wolf, Under the Dog Source: Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
“The innocence of virgins is like milk which turns when exposed to a clap of thunder, to a tart smell, to a hot day, to the merest nothing.” TurnsHotSmellInnocenceExposedMilkVirginsThunderTartsHot Days Author:Honore de Balzac
“Survival in more primitive ages required constant alertness, but survival in today's mechanized world almost demands that we turn off our senses. In urban life especially, there is too much to see, hear and smell.” WorldAgeTodayTurnsToo MuchDemandSurvivalConstantSmellSensesPrimitiveUrbanTurn OffAlertnessUrban Life Author:Carole Katchen
“The summer's flow'r is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die' But if that flow'r with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.” IfsDiesTurnsSweetSummerFlowDignityDeedsSmellWeedSweetestLiliesInfectionFrailty Author:William Shakespeare