"Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer."

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"Because there is something helpless and weak and innocent - something like an infant - deep inside us all that really suffers in ways we would never permit an insect to suffer."

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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

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

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

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

Holly Black, American Author

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"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

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

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher

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"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

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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!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?"

Nalini Singh, New Zealander Author

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"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

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"The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape."

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"Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice."

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