--- title: "19 Lose Innocence Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 19 Lose Innocence quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Lose Innocence sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/germaine-greer-1521_book_a-library-is-a-place-where-you-can-lose_2725262.png" --- > [A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/a-library-is-a-place-where-you-can-lose-your-innocence-without-losing/) [Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/germaine-greer-1521_book_a-library-is-a-place-where-you-can-lose_2725262.png) > [Once you lose your innocence you can never get it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-loomis/once-you-lose-your-innocence-you-can-never-get-it-back/) [Karen Loomis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-loomis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/karen-loomis-44284_being-a-woman_once-you-lose-your-innocence-you-can-nev_1054489.jpg) > [The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/the-great-challenge-of-adulthood-is-holding-on-to-your-idealism-after/) [Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/bruce-springsteen-546_adulthood_the-great-challenge-of-adulthood-is-hold_1102350.jpg) > [I think you lose your innocence when you have kids, because the world suddenly becomes a much more dangerous place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-think-you-lose-your-innocence-when-you-have-kids-because-the-world/) [Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ba/jon-stewart-455_children_i-think-you-lose-your-innocence-when-you_1007252.jpg) > [“you will think your parents are shatterproof until one day you find out they aren't. - what it really means to lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-lovelace/you-will-think-your-parents-are-shatterproof-until-one-day-you-find/) [Amanda Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-lovelace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c87/amanda-lovelace-15693_innocence_you-will-think-your-parents-are-shatterp_635778.jpg) > [Many children fly like birds, guess other people's dreams, and speak with ghosts, but ... they all outgrow it when they lose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isabel-allende/many-children-fly-like-birds-guess-other-people-s-dreams-and-speak/) [Isabel Allende](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isabel-allende/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/isabel-allende-266_bird_many-children-fly-like-birds-guess-other_1679890.jpg) > [There are no filmy parties for my daughter. I'm a bit old-fashioned in such cases because I don't want my child to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/manini-mishra/there-are-no-filmy-parties-for-my-daughter-i-m-a-bit-old-fashioned-in/) [Manini Mishra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/manini-mishra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/manini-mishra-12257_age_there-are-no-filmy-parties-for-my-daught_2219702.jpg) > [Then you must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/then-you-must-teach-my-daughter-this-same-lesson-how-to-lose-your/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/amy-tan-730_children_then-you-must-teach-my-daughter-this-sam_2032580.jpg) > [Childhood is all about innocence. Being constantly surrounded by cameras and shutterbugs, makes children lose that innocence. It's terrifying and worrying, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soha-ali-khan/childhood-is-all-about-innocence-being-constantly-surrounded-by/) [Soha Ali Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soha-ali-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/125/soha-ali-khan-6100_child_childhood-is-all-about-innocence-being-c_726631.jpg) > [No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-bowen/no-it-is-not-only-our-fate-but-our-business-to-lose-innocence-and/) [Elizabeth Bowen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-bowen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/elizabeth-bowen-1197_business_no-it-is-not-only-our-fate-but-our-busin_1691793.png) > [“Children lose their innocence piece by piece. The layers are carved away until our hearts have been exposed and polished into an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-smith/children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-piece-the-layers-are-carved/) [Deborah Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/deborah-smith-13837_children_children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-p_2060955.png) > [“I realize we lose our innocence in many ways, the most painful being when we realize those who are supposed to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-c-andrews/i-realize-we-lose-our-innocence-in-many-ways-the-most-painful-being/) [V.C. Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-c-andrews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/v-c-andrews-2743_innocence_i-realize-we-lose-our-innocence-in-many_512573.jpg) > [“I'm amazed and disheartened at how quickly adolescents lose their innocence nowadays. Everyone is in such a rush to give themselves over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-amanda-hooper/i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quickly-adolescents-lose-their/) [Karen Amanda Hooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-amanda-hooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/karen-amanda-hooper-28415_intimacy_i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quick_2186792.jpg) > [“Brothers in one great family, children lose their common features only when they lose their innocence, which is the same everywhere. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand/brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lose-their-common-features-only/) [François-René de Chateaubriand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand_children_brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lo_2450022.png) > [I think it's so completely bizarre and arrogant for anyone to ever think that they could lose their innocence, because that implies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-w-k/i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-arrogant-for-anyone-to-ever/) [Andrew W.K](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-w-k/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/andrew-w-k-2939_arrogant_i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-a_1417760.png) > [When is the age or even the moment when you go from being kids to being something else? People say that we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-chable/when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when-you-go-from-being-kids-to/) [Ana Chable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ana-chable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/ana-chable-1704_growing-up_when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when_1428941.jpg) > [“I still don't know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-teach-you-i-was-once-so-free-and/) [Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/amy-tan-730_bad-thing_i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-tea_1656038.jpg) > [“We all have a bit of Adam and Eve in us. Sooner or later we come to a point in our youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-ryan/we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us-sooner-or-later-we-come-to-a/) [Tom Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-ryan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/tom-ryan-47420_adam-and-eve_we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us_484281.jpg) > [“Grow up with me,Let’s run in fields and through the dark together,Fall off swings and burn special things,And both play outside in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keaton-henson/grow-up-with-me-let-s-run-in-fields-and-through-the-dark-together/) [Keaton Henson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keaton-henson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/keaton-henson-68086_adults_grow-up-with-me-let-s-run-in-fields-and_2386733.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lose-innocence/#itemlist", "name": "Lose Innocence Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": 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The layers are carved away until our hearts have been exposed and polished into an unnatural gloss. We spend the rest of our lives trying to remember why we ever loved so passionately and how we dreamed so simply, before life chiseled us down to the core.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Deborah Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-smith/children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-piece-the-layers-are-carved/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/deborah-smith-13837_children_children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-p_2060955.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/deborah-smith-13837_children_children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-p_2060955.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/deborah-smith-13837_children_children-lose-their-innocence-piece-by-p_2060955.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Children lose their innocence piece by piece. 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Everyone is in such a rush to give themselves over to someone physically without truly knowing the person to whom they are entrusting with their body and emotions”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karen Amanda Hooper" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-amanda-hooper/i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quickly-adolescents-lose-their/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/karen-amanda-hooper-28415_intimacy_i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quick_2186792.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/karen-amanda-hooper-28415_intimacy_i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quick_2186792.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/karen-amanda-hooper-28415_intimacy_i-m-amazed-and-disheartened-at-how-quick_2186792.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm amazed and disheartened at how quickly adolescents lose their innocence nowadays. 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Then the passions, modified by climate, government and customs, differentiate the nations; the human race ceases to speak and hear the same language: society is the true tower of Babel.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "François-René de Chateaubriand" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand/brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lose-their-common-features-only/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand_children_brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lo_2450022.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand_children_brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lo_2450022.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/fran-ois-ren-de-chateaubriand_children_brothers-in-one-great-family-children-lo_2450022.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Brothers in one great family, children lose their common features only when they lose their innocence, which…” — François-René de Chateaubriand", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think it's so completely bizarre and arrogant for anyone to ever think that they could lose their innocence, because that implies that they have some sense, some idea of what's going on, and no one has any idea what's going on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrew W.K" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-w-k/i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-arrogant-for-anyone-to-ever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/andrew-w-k-2939_arrogant_i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-a_1417760.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/andrew-w-k-2939_arrogant_i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-a_1417760.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58b/andrew-w-k-2939_arrogant_i-think-it-s-so-completely-bizarre-and-a_1417760.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think it's so completely bizarre and arrogant for anyone to ever think that they could lose their…” — Andrew W.K", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When is the age or even the moment when you go from being kids to being something else? People say that we're growing up too fast today. Sometimes adults make it sound like its our fault or at least our choice, but how can we not? We feel invincible, we know so much... one thing I do know is that we're so eager to lose our innocence and I wonder if one day we'll look back and wish we hadn't.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ana Chable" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ana-chable/when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when-you-go-from-being-kids-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/ana-chable-1704_growing-up_when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when_1428941.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/ana-chable-1704_growing-up_when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when_1428941.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f86/ana-chable-1704_growing-up_when-is-the-age-or-even-the-moment-when_1428941.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When is the age or even the moment when you go from being kids to being something else? 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How to laugh forever.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Amy Tan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-teach-you-i-was-once-so-free-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/amy-tan-730_bad-thing_i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-tea_1656038.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/amy-tan-730_bad-thing_i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-tea_1656038.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/amy-tan-730_bad-thing_i-still-don-t-know-which-way-i-would-tea_1656038.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I still don't know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no…” — Amy Tan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We all have a bit of Adam and Eve in us. 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Yet I've come to believe that the worst we can do is to give up looking for it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tom Ryan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-ryan/we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us-sooner-or-later-we-come-to-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/tom-ryan-47420_adam-and-eve_we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us_484281.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/tom-ryan-47420_adam-and-eve_we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us_484281.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/tom-ryan-47420_adam-and-eve_we-all-have-a-bit-of-adam-and-eve-in-us_484281.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We all have a bit of Adam and Eve in us. 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