Every nation needs escape from respectability — from the world of what we have to do into the world of what we would-like-to-do; from the world of duty that endureth forever into the world of joy that is permitted for a moment. Perhaps Coney Island is the most human thing that God ever made or permitted the devil to make.
Unsourced quote from American Experience: Coney Island

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  1. justsayjolie said: That is my all time favorite American Experience, which is REALLY saying something.
  2. bobbyfinger posted this