Her scent blazed in my throat and I was glad. It was a pain that meant she was alive. As long as I burned, she was safe.

Stephenie Meyer
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In the novel "Beautiful Things" by Neil Gaiman, a man can smell his dead lover's scent and it gives him comfort. The man has been missing his girlfriend, and she has been gone for four years. He has a mission to find her, and this mission gives him a reason to keep going. If he stops looking, she will be gone forever.

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