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Quotes About Atmosphere

The sun was beginning to fade, though, and the air - slightly chilled as it slid through the trees - carried with it just the barest hint of rain.
~ Dennis Lehane
La ciudad, dijo el locutor, estaba a la expectativa. La ciudad, nos aseguró el locutor, contenía la respiración.
~ Dennis Lehane
She removes the pint of apricots, plump and exquisite as roses, and offers him one. He takes a bite and puts his hand over hers as she takes a bite, the velvety peel and fruit sugar filling her whole mouth. The air between them is complicated, infused with the scents from the bags: toasted sesame, sweet orange blossom water, and fragrant rosewater.
~ Diana Abu-Jaber
There was a smell about the place, which I imagined as the smell of misery and fear, though I supposed it was no more than the niff of ancient squalor and an absence of drains.
~ Diana Gabaldon
The room was as big as the Duke of Pardloe's library and had at least as many books, and yet the feeling of it was more akin to a small cluttered hole (Pardloe's) You could tell from the books whether a library was meant for show or not, Books that were usedhad an open, interested feel to them, even when closed and neatly lined up on a shelf in strict order. You felt as though the book took on as much interest in you as you did in it and it was willing you to reach for it.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Dawn was coming up in streaks and slashes over the foggy moor.
~ Diana Gabaldon
He smelt strongly of woodsmoke, blood, and unwashed male, but the night chill bit through my thin dress and I was happy enough to lean back against him.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I estimated the ambient humidity at roughly a thousand percent, but tipped a little of my sweetened coffee into the saucer and blew on it nonetheless.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Grey was still in his shirtsleeves; the rain had cut through the cloth to his flesh.
~ Diana Gabaldon
He lounged in the corner like a crouching cat, watching me through eyes narrowed against the sun.
~ Diana Gabaldon
You want to anchor the scene with physical details, but by and large it's better to use sensual details rather than overtly sexual ones.
~ Diana Gabaldon
said, and though the sun was warm on her back, she shivered, gooseflesh pebbling her
~ Diana Gabaldon
the wispy clouds of the morning had been knitting themselves up into a low sky the color of dirty wool
~ Diana Gabaldon
Boston is by all Accounts a perfect Hellhole of republican Sentiment
~ Diana Gabaldon
the ground. It was grassy here, and the night wind stirred
~ Diana Gabaldon
At Milanello there isn't a particular atmosphere, we just want to do well.
~ Filippo Inzaghi
I'm just gonna make plays and bring a good atmosphere to your organization.
~ Myles Garrett
I think the atmosphere on set really comes from the material, but also the director.
~ Cate Blanchett
Create an atmosphere for the Spirit. The Spirit must be present.
~ Richard G. Scott
One thing I turn my back on totally is the unsavory atmosphere at most discos.
~ Ginger Rogers
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
~ Oscar Hijuelos
In the changing-room, I'm seen as one of the jokers. I like to have a laugh; there are quite a few of us. That what helps make a good atmosphere in the changing-rooms. You've got to have a few jokers but obviously serious when the time comes.
~ Jamie Vardy
It was a very creative atmosphere in my family, for sure.
~ Sean Gunn
I have always loved the college atmosphere - sometimes too much, which is why I spent so long at LSU.
~ James Carville