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Innocence Quotes

"Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone."

"Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone."

Mary Astor, American Actress

Innocence, Questions

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"There is nothing more pure and beautiful than a person who always speaks truthfully with a childlike heart."

"There is nothing more pure and beautiful than a person who always speaks truthfully with a childlike heart."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

Innocence, Truth, Purity, Heart, Honesty

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"Why should one hate you when you were so small? Could you be worth hating?"

"Why should one hate you when you were so small? Could you be worth hating?"

L. M. Montgomery, Canadian Author

Innocence, Hate, Worth, Judgment

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"God created all people good."

"God created all people good."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Innocence, Creation, Good, God, Humanity

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"Ah, no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience..."

"Ah, no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence, the innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience..."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Innocence, Experience, Imagination, Observation

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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!"

"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

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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."

"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."

J.D. Salinger, American Politician

Innocence, Protection, Responsibility, Idealism

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"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."

"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

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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."

"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

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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."

"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

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"If I ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking."

"If I ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

Innocence, Purity, Truth, Childhood

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

"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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"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."

"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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"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!"

"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

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

"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

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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!"

"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

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

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

"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

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

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

R. A. Delmonico, American Author

Innocence, Clarity, Perception, Truth

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

"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

Innocence, Strength, Emotion, Reflection

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