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> [“Always, from the first time he went there to see Eros and the lights, that circus have a magnet for him, that circus represent life, that circus is the beginning and the ending of the world. Every time he go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/always-from-the-first-time-he-went-there-to-see-eros-and-the-lights/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

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## More by Samuel Selvon

> [“It had a fellar call Five Past Twelve. A test look at him and say, 'Boy, you black like midnight.' Then the test take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/it-had-a-fellar-call-five-past-twelve-a-test-look-at-him-and-say-boy/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“It ain't have no place in the world that exactly like a place where a lot of men get together to look for work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/it-ain-t-have-no-place-in-the-world-that-exactly-like-a-place-where-a/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“Always, from the first time he went there to see Eros and the lights, that circus have a magnet for him, that circus represent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/always-from-the-first-time-he-went-there-to-see-eros-and-the-lights/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“Is one of those summer evenings, when it look like night would never come, a magnificent evening, a powerful evening, rent finish paying, rations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/is-one-of-those-summer-evenings-when-it-look-like-night-would-never/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“But big headlines in the papers every day, and whatever the newspaper and the radio say in this country, that's the people Bible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/but-big-headlines-in-the-papers-every-day-and-whatever-the-newspaper/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“It was a summer night: laughter fell softly: it was the sort of night that if you wasn't making love to a woman you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/it-was-a-summer-night-laughter-fell-softly-it-was-the-sort-of-night/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

> [“So, cool as a lord, the old Galahad walking out to the road, with plastic raincoat hanging on the arm, and the eyes not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-selvon/so-cool-as-a-lord-the-old-galahad-walking-out-to-the-road-with/)

[Samuel Selvon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-selvon/)

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