Quotes About Innocence

No offense but I don't relish being someone's science experiment. Been there, done that, and sold the T-shirt for profit. (Sebastian)

When I was a little girl, I used to try and bring sunshine to my mother. I felt so bad that she had never really seen or felt it. So I would try and catch it in jars. When that failed, I captured jars and jars of lightening bugs and told her that if we could catch enough of them, then it would look like the sun. She'd laugh, hug me, and then set them free and tell me that nothing should have to live its life in a cage. (Cassandra)

You're so beautiful. I wish I'd seen you as a child. (Acheron) You didn't miss much. I had buck teeth and stringy hair. (Kat)

When you first take someone's life, two people die. The person you just killed and the human being you used to be. You're never the same after that—it changes you forever and not in a good way —and no matter how hard you try, you can't go back to the innocence you had. Ever.

She thinks I'm a drug dealer. (Chris) 'The most "illegal" thing the boy had ever done was to walk past a Salvation Army Santa Claus, once, without dropping money into the kettle.' (Wulf)

Most men die many times in their lives. The man we become invariably slaughters the child we once were. His knowledge of the world murders the babe's innocence. from Time Untime by Sherrilyn Kenyon

We were innocent victims. (Angelia) Yeah, and I'm the tooth fairy. (Bride)

I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.

That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me.

Childhood is the purest state. The pure of heart never leave it behind. Their life merely takes them on a cirtuitous route away from, and then back to it.

As I recall, my life as a child was so all-consuming that I barely had time to consider the future.

One of the greatest joys in life is watching a child laugh

The artist's knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence.

White wing'd angels meet the child On the vestibule of life.

The mind of the child is not formed. We are shown that this is life, this is the world.

Stick to life, just like a baby sticking to a candy!

The childhood scenes [ in The Tree of Life] are tremendous. My favorite moment is when the mother levitate - for three seconds. Of course, this is how a child thinks of his mother.

The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.

That's why children look so beautiful because they are yet full of hope, full of dreams, and they have not yet known frustration.

I never, ever would or did rob anyone in my life.

When I was a child, I spoke like a child. When I was an adult, I no longer spoke like a child. When I became old and wise, I spoke again like a child. I wish I had spoken all my life like a child.

Is nothing in life ever straight and clear, the way children see it?

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.