“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Song The Candy Man
“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”
Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
“I thought this was a candy dispenser! Fucking candy!”
Joe Trohman (1984) American musician
My Heart Will Always Be The B-Side To My Tongue (2004), Honda Civic Tour (2007)
“God bless mommy and daddy, and please can we have some candy.”
James Clavell book The Children's Story
"Teacher" leading the class in prayer.
The Children's Story (1982)
Emma Goldman book Anarchism and Other Essays
Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), The Hypocrisy of Puritanism
“Candy
Is Dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.”
Ogden Nash (1902–1971) American poet
Source: "Reflections on Ice-Breaking" in Hard Lines (1931); this statement is often misattributed to Dorothy Parker.
“There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.”
Betty MacDonald (1908–1958) writer
Source: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
“She tastes the candy, sugerless, cancerous”
Daniel Johns (1979) Australian musician
Paint Pastel Princess
Song lyrics, Neon Ballroom (1999)
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 292]
“But he's Rachel Candy!"
-Both Jenks and Al”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: White Witch, Black Curse