“Men smell of leather. … The leather of huntsmen, furniture movers, porters.”

“Ball is made of leather, leather comes from cows, cows eat grass, and there is where the ball must be.”

“The future smells of Russian leather, of blood, of godlessness and of much whipping. I advise our grandchildren to come into the world with very thick skin on their backs.”

“These weren't cheap modern books; these were books bound in leather, and not just leather, but leather from clever cows who had given their lives for literature after a happy existence in the very best pastures.”

“Very tight.
Very leather.”

“She closed the book and put her cheek against it. There was still an odor of a library on it, of dust, leather, binding glue, and old paper, one book carrying the smell of hundreds.”

“Where would I find enough leather
To cover the entire surface of the earth?
But with leather soles beneath my feet,
It’s as if the whole world has been covered.”

“Books, books, books. It was not that I read so much. I read and re-read the same ones. But all of them were necessary to me. Their presence, their smell, the letters of their titles, and the texture of their leather bindings.”

“It's easier to put on a pair of shoes than to wrap the earth in leather.”

“Damon, leather and silk and fine chiseled features. Mercurial and devastating.”