Quotes About Innocence

Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world.

He was in a state of wonder most of the time, the way a young boy is--engaged by the most ordinary things as if they were great miracles.

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

I'd let him put his hand under my shirt, over the bra, where he kneaded with delighted disbelief at my booby. It had been super exciting, not really because it felt that great to have my booby treated like a yeast roll, but because we had both been so thrilled that I had let him touch it.

They sat quietly, both thinking of Marty Gray, and of all the bad things that can happen to young girls who are shy and good and obedient. The secret keepers. The easily led.

All of us, every innocent babe born on this planet, gets broken eventually.

The irony of all this is that God of perfect justice is both the one for whom we long and the one whom we dread. We long for someone to set things right, to punish those who terrorize, molest, kills and enslave the innocent... we want a judge with total power and piercing commitment to righteousness. But when his eyes turn on us, we realize that we too, are guilty. We, too, deserve his judgement.

Because it wasn't just the death of a sweet little beast we were marking—it was the death of what we thought we'd been doing, where we'd thought we were living, the death of being able to believe anymore in our innocence and the existence of goodness around us.

That's nice, isn't it?" Edith said. "That little kid is so trusting it's kind of holy, but if his trust were misplaced it would really be holy.

que jugaban con unos muñecos de superhéroes en el salón de su apartamento. Les guiñé el ojo a través del cristal e hice el gesto que hace Spiderman cuando lanza una de sus telarañas para, a continuación, desaparecer de su vista. En realidad, salté a la escalera de incendios, pero creo que esos chavales nunca olvidarán el día que creyeron ver a Spiderman y en realidad era una niña no mucho mayor que ellos.

Cada vez que un niño es concebido, el palacio de Herodes se tambalea en sus cimientos; cada vez que un niño es alumbrado, Herodes pierde un trozo de su reino; cada vez que un niño se amamanta a los pechos de su madre, Herodes es condenado al destierro

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

How childish lovers can seem - perhaps that is why love is so alarming, it reduces us to children again, little and vulnerable and powerless in a great world we do not understand.

Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold.

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American.

O who can cure Poor little Andromeda Naughty naughty Naughty thing Tears run down her childish breast, the song being so sad. The shower has already passed and now the wind ruffles her hair, and it's squalling everywhere… Naughty naughty Miaow Miaow Since no one comes to help me I'll throw myself in the water!

Dem 'ersten Mal' all jener Dinge, die ihm mit ziemlicher Gewissheit im Leben noch bevorstanden, blickte er ohne Aufregung entgegen. Als er zehn Jahre alt wurde, hatte er im Fernsehen, in Magazinen und im Internet die wesentlichen Zutaten des menschlichen Lebens bereits gesehen und auf ihre Beschaffenheit geprüft.

D]er wahre Träger von Grausamkeit im Menschen [ist] die Unschuld.

He wondered if she'd mind if he threw her down on the blanket and tore off her clothing. (..) She looked heartbreakingly innocent. Alex sighed. She'd probably mind.

But Hyacinth Bridgerton, who at ten should have known the least about kisses of anyone, just blinked thoughtfully, and said, "I think it's nice. If they're laughing now, they'll probably be laughing forever." She turned to her mother. "Isn't that a good thing?

Daniel held himself very still, waiting for the wave of jealousy that never came. He was furious with the man who'd taken advantage of her innocence, but he did not feel jealous. He did not need to be her first, he realized. He simply needed to be her last. Her only.

Miranda was nineteen. Her experience with men consisted of Winston and himself. Both of whom had heretofore been brotherly figures. The poor girl must be confused as hell. Winston had suddenly decided that she was Venus, Queen Elizabeth, and the Virgin Mary all rolled into one,and Turner had all but forced himself on her. Not exactly an average day in the life of a young country miss

Actually, I'm an excellent liar. But what I'm really good at is appearing appropriately sheepish and adorable after I'm caught.

What is there not to like about cupids?" "You don't find them rather dangerous?" "Chubby little babies?" "Carrying deadly weapons.