Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode 1.8

12.3.16


Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell, musty and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, it has no known texture, no context, it's there and then it's gone. If it's to last then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be smelly.
Rupert Giles
Librarian, Watcher