"Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much."

Innocence, Childhood, Knowledge, Loss

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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

"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

Innocence, Truth, Wisdom, Inspirational, Happiness

"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

"It is so heartbreaking what we do to children in this world, how they are destroyed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Innocence, Children, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought."

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"He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about."

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"If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation."

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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."

"When we see an innocent child, this is an ordinary thing; but when we see an innocent adult, this is an extraordinary thing!"

"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."

"It is so heartbreaking what we do to children in this world, how they are destroyed."

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"My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers."

"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture."

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"Get me inside any boardroom and I'll get any decision I want."

"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."

"Childhood is Last Chance Gulch for happiness. After that, you know too much."

"Death followed by eternity the worst of both worlds. It is a terrible thought."

"He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about."

"If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation."