“Ereaders were a great convenience, but nothing could beat the smell of a library and old books.”
“If peace had a smell,it would be the smell of a library full of old, leather-bound books.”
“There was the smell of old books, a smell that has a way of making all libraries seem the same. Some say that smell is asbestos. ”
“A computer does not smell ... if a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better… And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesn’t do that for you. I’m sorry.”
“She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.”
“There is nothing like the smell of a bookstore. If you ask me, it's actually a combination of smells: part library, part new book, and part expectation for what you might find.”