{"quotes":[{"text":"We are often given pills or fluids to help remedy illness, yet little has been taught to us about the power of smell to do the exact same thing. It is known that the scent of fresh rosemary increases memory, but this cure for memory loss is not divulged by doctors to help the elderly. I also know that the most effective use of the blue lotus flower is not from its dilution with wine or tea – but from its scent. To really maximize the positive effects of the blue lily (or the pink lotus), it must be sniffed within minutes of plucking. This is why it is frequently shown being sniffed by my ancient ancestors on the walls of temples and on papyrus. Even countries across the Orient share the same imagery. The sacred lotus not only creates a relaxing sensation of euphoria, and increases vibrations of the heart, but also triggers genetic memory - and good memory with an awakened heart ushers wisdom.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["ailment","ancient-egyptians","ancient-medicine","awakened","awakened-heart","blue-lily","cure","cures","doctors","east","egypt","egyptians","elderly","enlightenment","euphoria","flower","flowers","fluids","genetic-memory","genetics","health","healthcare","heart","illness","illnesses","imagery-sacred","increaes-memory","lily","lotus","lotus-flower","medicine","memory","memory-loss","metaphysics","orient","papyrus","philosophy","physicians","pills","power","power-of-scent","power-of-smell","remedy","rosemary","sacred-lotus","scent","scripture","smell","smelling","tea","temples","tombs","treatment","vibrations","wine","wisdom"],"id":3575,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"I smell him in intervals, in varieties, in ways I don’t quite understand.","author":"Dominic Riccitello","tags":["different","love","past","relationship","scent","smell","unable-to-understand","unconditional-love"],"id":3707,"author_id":"Dominic+Riccitello"},{"text":"I want your scent to intoxicate my passions to the point where lust is merely a word, dancing upon our flames of desire...","author":"Virginia Alison","tags":["dancing","desire","flames","intoxicating","lust","scent"],"id":24103,"author_id":"Virginia+Alison"},{"text":"For me,you are fresh waterthat falls from treeswhen it has stopped raining. For me, you are cinnamon that lingers on the tongue and givesbitter wordssweetening.For me, you are the scent of violins and visionof valleys smiling.And still,for me, your loveliness never ends.It traverses the worldand finds its way back to me.Only me.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["bitter","boyfriend","cinnamon","find","girlfriend","inspiration","inspirational","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","love","love-poem","loved","loveliness","lovely","lover","loves","loving","mate","me","poem","poetry","quote","rain","raining","relationship","scent","smile","smiling","soulmate","sweet","tongue","traverse","tree","trees","valleys","violin","vision","water","words","world"],"id":26734,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Is there any place on earth that smells better than a Laundromat? It's like a rainy Sunday when you don't have to get out from under your covers, or like lying back on the grass your father's just mowed--comfort food for your nose.","author":"Jodi Picoult","tags":["comfort","laundromat","scent"],"id":38956,"author_id":"Jodi+Picoult"},{"text":"Three scents accompany my memories of this place: cut wood, poppy-seed bread, and the soft, crisp smell of snow.","author":"Elif Shafak","tags":["bread","memory","scent","smell","snow","woods"],"id":57825,"author_id":"Elif+Shafak"},{"text":"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.","author":"Jean Cocteau","tags":["roses","true","scent "],"id":58969,"author_id":"Jean+Cocteau"},{"text":"Once again I felt light-headed, but this time it wasn't from the scent of lilacs; it was from the scent of my own death.","author":"Peter David","tags":["apropos","fantasy","fear","light-headed","lilacs","medieval","panic","pessimism","peter-david","romance","scent","sense-of-smell","sir-apropos-of-nothing"],"id":65827,"author_id":"Peter+David"},{"text":"With bated breath we wait for the scent of perfection, accompanied by the freshness of love.","author":"Saim .A. Cheeda","tags":["accompanied","bated","breath","freshness","love","new-love","perfection","scent","togetherness","wait"],"id":78511,"author_id":"Saim+.A.+Cheeda"},{"text":"I’m barely human. I’m more like a creature; to me, everything gives off a scent! Thoughts, moments, feelings, movements, words left unsaid, words barely spoken; they all have a distinct sense, distinct fragrances! Both a smell and a touch! To inhale is to capture, to experience! I can perceive and I can “touch” in so many odd ways! And so I am made up of all these scents, all these feelings! An illumination of nerve endings!","author":"C. JoyBell C.","tags":["aroma","creature","fragrance","human","humanity","illumination","inspirational","life","life-and-living","living","living-life","scent"],"id":94618,"author_id":"C.+JoyBell+C."}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":48,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}