" I had just been thinking that I could live perfectly well on the subtle scent of his skin and hair indefinitely. English is regrettably imprecise about smell, French scarcely any better. The best one can say is that beneath the odour of tobacco and the thyme-and-cedar fragrance of soap, his own scent does not really resemble that of fresh coffee, yet has some warm quality that reminds me of it."
That's just a beautiful, gorgeous line. I'm planning on re-reading this from the start in this media so prepare for old school reviews.
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Date: 2010-06-24 11:24 pm (UTC)That's just a beautiful, gorgeous line. I'm planning on re-reading this from the start in this media so prepare for old school reviews.