“Grisha, a fat, solemn little person of seven, was standing by the kitchen door listening and peeping through the keyhole.” — Anton Pavlovich Chejov Copy Share Image
“I feel sorry for people who maintain relationships and friendships detrimental to their mental health. Everyone is guilty of it at one… — Tiffany Luard Copy Share Image
“The loss of innocence is inevitable, but the death of innocence disturbs the natural order. The death of innocence causes an imbalance… — B.G. Bowers Copy Share Image
“When it first appeared, in 1943, it was called, by those critics who liked it, an honest book, and that is accurate… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Mama and dada, mommy and daddy, mother and father, or mom and dad, it seems as though the names for parents embark… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
“I'm lying in my room listening to the birds outside. I used to think they sang because they were happy. But then… — Jo Knowles Copy Share Image
“All the great words, it seemed to Connie were cancelled, for her generation: love, joy, happiness, home, mother, father, husband, all these… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“The child identifies with the parent who has been betrayed because he is suffering immeasurable loss as well—the loss of trust in… — Ana Nogales Copy Share Image
“When the fight ends you can afford to relax. That’s the worst part. Winner or loser you have again eyes to see… — Florian Armas Copy Share Image
'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't. — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if there is a cultural loss of innocence specifically associated with the seventies. The oil crisis? The Watergate scandal?… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“...I live with regrets - the bittersweet loss of innocence - the red track of the moon upon the lake - the… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I was taught to lie at a young age. . . . I think that [A PARK IN OUR HOUSE] describes what… — Nilo Cruz Copy Share Image
“I was still sitting in childhood when the darkness spoke to me.” — Angelika Regossi Copy Share Image
He wanted to care, and he could not care. For he had gone away and he could never go back anymore. The… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Never mourn the loss of innocence, because it always brings the much greater gain of wisdom.” — Erica Goros Copy Share Image
I think that when you emigrate, when everything you took for granted disappears, it's a kind of loss of innocence. When you're… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
