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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.

Books have become products, like cereal or perfume or deodorant.

I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.

Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.

The cleanest book on a dusty bookshelf is usually a dirty one.

I'm just a huge fan of smells, first of all. I have a bit of an obsession with smells.

Smell is so powerful, you know. My grannies would both bake things like shortbreads and cookies. I think whenever I smell those kinds of things it really takes me back to my childhood.

The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.