Quotes About Innocence

Still, now and then they seemed to be holding behind them the surprising, the magic vistas of childhood - the sudden snow at night, whirling and furring without sound against the window; the full moon and all its shadows on the lawn; the Christmas sleigh and reindeer in the sky.

What freedom! Unencumbered by the obstacles that the calculating self tackles daily, the central self can listen in innocence for who we are, listen for the whole of it, inquire into what is here. The

Our baby gives herself to me completely. There is no hesitation, no reservation, no holding back, no coldness, no craft, no tremor or fear in her love. Although our relationship may encompass tears, frustration, even fury, it is an utterly reliable bond. As it grows, her love is literally unadulterated. Her love is wholly of the child, pure in its essence as children are in their direct passions. Children do not love wisely, but perhaps they love the best of all.

And so we sat there. Two haunted women. And one unhaunted baby trailing clouds of glory.

Then his head tipped down on his chest and he fell into the instant sleep of the ancient and the very young.

He's fiddling around in his pocket...nothing to worry about...all the young ones fiddle around in their pockets...a pistol? an erection?

On est puceau de l'horreur comme on l'est de la volupté.

All I know is we're 16 and ready to be kissed, kissed kissed.

Recognize that every child needs a sanctuary.

what would it be like—to see the world like that? To love nature and people in such a pure way that it would never occur to her to ask what they could do for her? Emma knew that Stevie was terribly vulnerable—things made her cry so easily.

Being so open requires a sort of innocence. A hope—no, more than a hope . . . a conviction that the world was safe, that people were good. That life was a gift, and nothing moved except as a positive power. Bad things happened—attacks, violence, crimes—yes, unfortunately they did. But they could always be explained and therefore, eventually, understood—so they wouldn't have to happen again. So the people who did them could be helped, and could change.

Kitten Kisses

Anne watched them as she talked and somehow felt that wind and stars and fireflies were all tangled up together into something unutterably sweet and enchanting.

There is such a place as fairyland-but only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and must be evermore exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.

Once upon a time we all walked on the golden road. It became an honest motorway, through the Land of Lost Delight; shadow and sunshine were blessedly mingled, and each turn and dip discovered a sparkling appeal and a new loveliness to eager hearts and unspoiled eyes.

The daisies that dance and twinkle so Were the laughter of children in long ago.

Helplessness was the one true fountain of youth.

Drinking Shirley Temple with my Mary Janes on, let's say that every possibility waits

Omri and Patrick had spent many hours together playing with their joint collections of plastic toys.

The point is, you should have stayed right where you were and let us handle this. Now we're going to have to tie up your uncle and put him in one of the cells or something until we sort out everything and can prove your innocence.

A sonata trazia a sensação da falta absoluta de governo, a anarquia da inocência primitiva naquele recanto do Paraíso que o homem perdeu por desobediente, e um dia ganhará, quando a perfeição trouxer a ordem eterna e única

De repente, ouvia a guitarra do pecado, tangida pelos dedos de Sofia, que o deliciavam, que o estonteavam, a um tempo; e lá se ia toda a castidade do plano anterior. Teimava novamente, forcejava por trocar as composições; pensava na moça da Saúde, modos tão bonitos, criancinha pela mão...

em idade de casar, que somos crianças, criançolas, – já ouvi dizer criançolas.

Quantas intenções viciosas há assim que embarcam, a meio caminho, numa frase inocente e pura! Chega a fazer suspeitar que a mentira é, muita vez, tão involuntária como a transpiração.