Steve Almond Quotes About Candy
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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.
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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.
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There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers
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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.
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