Steve Almond Quotes About Candy

Quotes about: Candy

• But I can think of nothing on earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night, which, for me, was ten to fifteen pounds of candy, a riot of colored wrappers and hopeful fonts,snub-nosed chocolate bars and SweeTARTS, the seductive rattle of Jujyfruits and Good & Plenty and lollipopsticks all akimbo, the foli ends of mini LifeSavers packs twinkling like dimes, and a thick sugary perfume rising up from the pillowcase.

  Steve Almond

  Beautiful, Halloween, Night

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: a journey through the chocolate underbelly of America”

• I have a hard time defending the production of candy, given that it is basically crack for children and makes them dependent in unwholesome ways.

  Steve Almond

  Children, Hard Times, Cracks

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.8, Algonquin Books

• At about the age of ten, during a late summer visit to Sears to buy school clothes, I became aware of the concept of candy by the pound.

  Steve Almond

  Summer, School, Clothes

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.21, Algonquin Books

• There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers

  Steve Almond

  Children, Holiday, Stranger

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.30, Algonquin Books

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