“The really pure in heart know nothing of what goes on around them each day, each night; never realize what poisonous weeds… — François Mauriac Copy Share Image
A new life is innocent, like an empty page, ready for the hard lessons ahead. GENNITA LOW, Facing Fear To vice, innocence… — Ouida Copy Share Image
Throughout the play everything possible was done to show the virtue, innocence and helplessness of the poor, and the abandoned cruelty, the… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed. — John Calvin Copy Share Image
Go away,” he said. “Do you know you’ve almost no clothes on?” “Never mind. I need—” “Never mind? Listen to me, Miss… — Loretta Chase Copy Share Image
Always changing genres, making very different films is a good idea. It's a way of making yourself feel vulnerable again, getting back… — Danny Boyle Copy Share Image
“It was slowly dawning on me that innocence is a protection. They knew very well, better than I, how harsh the world… — Lou Ann Walker Copy Share Image
But you were a goody-goody, you said.' 'Even goody-goodies think about such things. In fact, I would say that's what defines us.… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities.… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Don't we all look back in longing, those of us who had happy childhoods? Because the greatest loss we ever know is… — Carolyn Hart Copy Share Image
WWI is a romantic war, in all senses of the word. An entire generation of men and women left the comforts of… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
The religious school she went to, growing up, Ms. Wright said how all the girls had to wear a scarf tied to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It's very important to distinguish between innocence and naivete. The innocent do not deserve to be the victims of violence. But only… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I feel almost as if I had been born in a vacuum of innocence, and then had to come to terms with… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I think we look back at times past with fondness because we were younger. Life had not yet begun pecking away at… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
High school is cool, especially that first-love mentality. That's what 'Sierra Burgess' captures is, like, his first moment of love. That's what… — Noah Centineo Copy Share Image
I think it's so completely bizarre and arrogant for anyone to ever think that they could lose their innocence, because that implies… — Andrew W.K Copy Share Image
“That's what innocence is, you know. A blissful oblivion of what's coming, of what you'll lose and what you'll gain, and what… — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
By innocence I swear, and by my youth, I have one heart, one bosom, and one truth, And that no woman has,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
She is got the eyes of innocence, the spirit of an angel, a personality of a dreamer and smile that hides more… — Vishak Copy Share Image
As long as [Mikhail] Saakashvili is president, I will be unable to prove my innocence in Georgia. Seen in this light, there… — Irakli Okruashvili Copy Share Image
“And there persisted in her a sense of Michael’s dangerous innocence, his naivete, which seemed to her to be connected to his… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then… — Luis Bunuel Copy Share Image
The fruition of what is unlawful must be followed by remorse. The core sticks in the throat after the apple is eaten,… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“The moment you killed something – a living creature or a false hope – was the moment you came of age. Loss… — Jennifer Miller Copy Share Image
I did gardening and cooking and drawing and reading to try take the pressure off the music - just being eclectic and… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
“In the depth of cold, warm magnetizing feelings, Listen to the sound of love in a happening hug, In deep connection of… — Abhinav Rajput Copy Share Image
The feeble-minded, the neurotic, the criminal, perhaps, also, the artist, have unpredictability and perverted innocence in common. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in… — Mike Figgis Copy Share Image
“Calm, lasting beauty comes only in dream, and this solace the world had thrown away when in its worship of the real… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“But, it never dawned on me how wrong it was that I tied her innocence to the fact that she was with… — Cassie Dandridge Selleck Copy Share Image
I don't care whether the person is guilty or not guilty. It's not my business to establish guilt or innocence. It's a… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
In my work, I try to reach and speak to that innocence, showing it the fun and joy of living; showing it… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
If national pride is ever justifiable or excusable it is when it springs, not from power or riches, grandeur or glory, but… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Chacun exige d'e" tre innocent, a' tout prix, me" me si, pour cela, il faut accuser le genre humain et le ciel.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image