Quotes & Sayings About Candy Shops

In Rome there is a pathological shortage of small coins. For change, the little shops tend to use candy. — Dorothy Dunnett

In my light-headedness and fatigue, which made me feel drastically cut off from myself and as if I were observing it all at a remove, I walked past candy shops and coffee shops and shops with antique toys and Delft tiles from the 1800s, old mirrors and silver glinting in the rich, cognac-colored light, inlaid French cabinets and tables in the French court style with garlanded carvings and veneerwork that would have made Hobie gasp with admiration - in fact the entire foggy, friendly, cultivated city with its florists and bakeries and antiekhandels reminded me of Hobie, not just for its antique-crowded richness but because there was a Hobie-like wholesomeness to the place, like a children's picture book where aproned tradespeople swept the floors and tabby cats napped in sunny windows. But there was much too much to see, and — Donna Tartt

The distance to the corner shops of childhood becomes unfathomable, immeasurable; the candy bars have changed. And change has changed. — Ilse Aichinger

For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities. — Richard Powers