Quotes About Innocence

All dressed up in finery and pearls, We remember the time as little girls We giggled and curtsied and longed for the day, when our parties would be real and not just play.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

Childhood is like being drunk. Everyone remembers what you did, except you.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder

Find a boy who, would rather steal your first kiss than your virginity.

If we all could see the world through eyes of a child, we would see the magic in everything.

Dear life, can we go back to when boys had cooties, homework was 2+2, and the drama was over who stole my crayons?

Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without panties on, it was all over.

We just went out for dinner. We didn't participate in a Roman orgy, I swear.

If you give a small child a bunny and an apple, and she eats the bunny and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a car.

As a rule, young children don't complain of wanting to fingerpaint but finding themselves mysteriously unable to do so.

You know how Americans deal with it? They pretend they are eternally innocent no matter how many times they lose their innocence. The problem is that those who insist on their innocence believe anything they do is just. At least we who believe in our own guilt know what dark things we can do.

Innocence and guilt. These are cosmic issues. We're all innocent on one level and guilty on another. Isn't that what Original Sin is all about?

One could choose between innocence and experience, but one could not have both. At

They believe in a universe of divine justice where the human race is guilty of sin, but they also believe in a secular justice where human beings are presumed innocent. You can't have both.

The problem is that those who insist on their innocence believe anything they do is just.

The problem is that those who insist on their innocence believe anything they do is just. At least we who believe in our own guilt know what dark things we can do.

They believe in a universe of divine justice where the human race is guilty of sin, but they also believe in a secular justice where human beings are presumed innocent. You can't have both. You know how Americans deal with it? They pretend they are eternally innocent no matter how many times they lose their innocence. The problem is that those who insist on their innocence believe anything they do is just. At least we who believe in our own guilt know what dark things we can do.

Children are like the rain, we shouldn't be angry with them because they just don't know how to fall upwards.

The best way to spend the happiest life is to know nothing.

Apparently Fitzgerald hoped to soften the harshness of her reply when he asked her: "Have you killed anybody to get someone out of jail?" With a strange little smile, Cathy turned her head and, looking directly at the jury, replied: "Not yet.

A murder trial is not a Sunday-afternoon tea party.

What was the funniest thing you ever saw your children do?

Il ne va pas crever tout seul. La petite innocente jolis yeux, il va lui montrer d'un seul coup, à quoi ressemble son monde à lui.