"The child's naive dream of life is the only one worth having."

Innocence, Dream, Childhood, Life

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"Somebody said once or wrote, once: 'We're all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God's name with the wrong alphabet blocks!"

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

Innocence, Humility, Faith, Childhood, Mystery

"Innocence is the ability to see things for what they are."

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Innocence, Clarity, Perception, Truth

"When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining."

Holly Black, American Author

Innocence, Childhood, Perception, Fear

"Scarce was the verdict spoken,When that still calm was broken,A childish form hath burst into the throng;With tears and looks of sadness,That bring no news of gladness,But tell too surely something hath gone wrong!"

Lewis Carroll, English Author

Innocence, Loss, Emotion, Tragedy

"Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

Innocence, Naivety, Loss, Deception

"As children play games with imaginary things, initially a seeker indulges in little things. So simple people believe in simple things."

Fakeer Ishavardas, Indian Spiritual Leader

Innocence, Imagination, Seeker, Belief

"I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Innocence, Children, Truth, Honesty

"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."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Novelist

Innocence, Childhood, Observation, Desire

"And if not for the caterpillars and butterflies, who will I talk to? You'll be far away. And as for larger creatures, I'm not afraid. I have my thorns...to protect me."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Innocence, Nature, Distance, Protection

"This woman might have a daughter, but she was as innocent and pure as newly fallen snow."

Gena Showalter, American Novelist

Innocence, Purity, Protection, Family

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"Somebody said once or wrote, once: 'We're all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God's name with the wrong alphabet blocks!"

"Innocence is the ability to see things for what they are."

"When Tana was six, vampires were Muppets, endlessly counting, or cartoon villains in black cloaks with red polyester lining."

"Scarce was the verdict spoken,When that still calm was broken,A childish form hath burst into the throng;With tears and looks of sadness,That bring no news of gladness,But tell too surely something hath gone wrong!"

"Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled."

"As children play games with imaginary things, initially a seeker indulges in little things. So simple people believe in simple things."

"I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them."

"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."

"And if not for the caterpillars and butterflies, who will I talk to? You'll be far away. And as for larger creatures, I'm not afraid. I have my thorns...to protect me."

"This woman might have a daughter, but she was as innocent and pure as newly fallen snow."

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"Movement is the freedom of the body; stillness, of the mind."

"The snow in winter, the flowers in spring. There is no deeper reality."

"If words are the truth, what is living for?"

"Let the mystery carry you breathlessly along."

"The tiniest mite has an inner life of which we can know nothing."

"You begin with other people's stories and end up with your own."

"Nothing succeeds like indifference to success."

"Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That's what fiction is: a game of pretend."

"One should show one's scars, not hide them."

"I like dogs that bark a little. The silent ones scare me."