Live Quotes
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived."— Helen Keller
Download in different sizes
Meaning of this quote
A smell can vividly revive distant places and remembered experience.
Key takeaway:
Notice the memories carried by a familiar scent.
Origin of the quote
Adapted from The World I Live In (1908), Smell, the Fallen Angel.
Who actually said this?
Commonly attributedKeller’s original uses us, a thousand miles, and we have lived. The post changes pronouns and number; the source passage is genuine.
