Contemporary-romance Quote by Avery Flynn

“the streets outside full of the silent traffic of darting candy bar wrappers”

— Hugh Howey

“The road was suburbia central, and I was surprised the street itself wasn’t paved with banknotes.”

— Jade West

I grew up in a household where sweets were not given to you whenever you want. It was restricted only to special occasions.

— Catherine Tresa

I just feel such a connection to the little kids in Naples. I remember being on the street wanting a small piece of candy.

— Giuliana Rancic

“I thought Candy Mountain was a real place”

— Sarah Martin

“After that long of more named pavements than he’d care to count, Profane had grown a little leery of streets, especially streets like this.…

— Thomas Pynchon

Mom used to walk with me for something like two or three miles to get to the day-old bakery. They had those machines where…

— Sandra Cisneros

“In Park Slope, even the play dough was whole grain.”

— Sarah Pinneo

“As he went up he disturbed a large group of children playing on the stairs who looked at him as he stepped through their…

— Franz Kafka

“few odd souls wandered about Surf Avenue looking for something to do. Sheets of newspaper blew like tumbleweed down broad, empty streets. Overhead, a…

— William Hjortsberg

I have to be careful when I'm around sweets.

— Vivek Murthy

“Things have changed               through the decades, Streets filled with ashtrays,               and cellphones                             chirping forty feet               from the entrances.”

— Kenyatta García