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"I lost my innocence very young and it had nothing to do with sex."
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"Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled."
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"And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, 'You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise."
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"The child's naive dream of life is the only one worth having."
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"Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much."
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"Anyway, I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in this big field of rye and all. Thousands of little kids, and nobody's around - nobody big, I mean - except me. And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff. What I have to do, I have to catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff - I mean if they're running and they don't look where they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I do all day. I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be."
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"That Jim Crow there in the window," answered the urchin, holding out a cent, and pointing to the gingerbread figure that had attracted his notice, as he loitered along to school; "the one that has not a broken foot."
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"He smiles at her before ever opening his eyes. The innocence in his face ensnares. Wraps her heart in a cocoon.They did this to him. The Society. Constructed that smile with malicious expectations. Now she must rip it off his face. Because she doesn't deserve his love. Or Gage's. This madness coils around her throat, darkening every inch of her soul."
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"When we see an innocent child, this is an ordinary thing; but when we see an innocent adult, this is an extraordinary thing!"
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"It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier."
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"Innocence has a grace which intelligence lacks!"
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"I feel like a paper cut just waiting to bleed."
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"I know that this process of 'me changing my life' doesn't just end once I set fire to this list of things I hate about myself. Tonight isn't as much of a new beginning as it is a violent end and I know the real work hasn't even started yet."
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"I kept waiting for the part where I'd finally know who I was - some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it never came."
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"Don't allow yourself to feel guilty about wanting deep and endless love, amazing sex and opportunities that will change your life. Expect these things - work for them and don't ever stop until they're yours."
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"I lost my innocence very young and it had nothing to do with sex."
Innocence

"Something, somewhere, knows what's best for me and promises to keep sending me people and experiences to light my way as long as I live in gratitude and keep paying attention to the signs."
Faith

"My soul hurts."
Sadness

"Organizing your emotions reclaims your power over any given drama. Nothing is stronger than your own mind."
Power

"Something about him feels like forever."
Love

"Love is my drug of choice, even if it comes laced with pain and disaster."
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