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> [Dreams of innocence are just that; they usually depend on a denial of reality that can be its own form of hubris.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-pollan/dreams-of-innocence-are-just-that-they-usually-depend-on-a-denial-of/)

[Michael Pollan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-pollan/)

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> [“Youthful dreams are precious things. They ought not to be dashed as foolish and unrealistic just because they are young dreams. Innocence ought not to be destroyed from any callous conviction that a realistic sort of cynicism is better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/youthful-dreams-are-precious-things-they-ought-not-to-be-dashed-as/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

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