Innocence quotes
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"When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love."
"Innocence is its own defense."
"Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous."
"The innocent mansion of a panther's heart!"
"To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue."
"An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away."
"Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt."
"Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly."
"Innocence is indeed a glorious thing; but, unfortunately, it does not keep very well and is easily led astray."
"So I live in Los Angeles, and it's kind of a goofy place. They have an airport named after John Wayne. That ought to explain it. It has a charming kind of superstitious innocence."
"Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors."
"Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought."
"Where were you born?" "On a battlefield," [Yossarian] answered. "No, no. In what state were you born?" "In a state of innocence."
"Innocence is always unsuspicious."
"The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason."
"Innocence is not accustomed to blush."
"a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation."
"The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals."
"In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!"
"Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right."
