Innocent Quotes

1253 Innocent quotes by 915 unique authors

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of… — Confucius
To be truthful, some writers stop you dead in your tracks by making you see your own work in the most unflattering light. Each of… — Francine Prose
We were innocent once. How could it have gone so bad? — Kim Harrison
I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak… — Osamu Dazai
Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit… — John Grisham
I can’t imagine it now, but I must’ve been innocent at some time in my life. A baby don’t just get itself born bad, do… — Charles de Lint
I ran to the children's room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never laid down, though it was past midnight; but they were… — Emily Bronte
I must admit, Peter, I have difficulty in understanding why an innocent man would want to spend twelve years as a rat. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Trevor was as menacing as he was gorgeous. If he were a vampire, he'd be the dark kind, the kind that sneaks up on innocent… — Ellen Schreiber
Here I am, just wandering down a deserted street in the middle of the night. I hope I don't run into any trouble. Goodness, that… — MaryJanice Davidson
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam Spade “You know, that's good, because if you… — Dashiell Hammett
When your fight has purpose—to free you from something, to interfere on the behalf of an innocent—it has a hope of finality. When the fight… — Tea Obreht
Your mother all but accused me of something that is, among my kind, the highest crime a man can commit. There is no trial, only… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
When the kid began to flag, Riley picked her up, swung her onto his back, and kept running. The leopard in Mercy growled in approval… — Nalini Singh
It's alright, just wait and see, your string of lights is still bright to me. Who you are is not where you've been. You're still… — Taylor Swift
I have to spring a cat out of Rumelt Animal Shelter. Think of it as a prison break." It does the trick. He laughs. "Whose… — Holly Black
Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Tomorrow at 7, I shall be shot; but I am innocent of the crime of rebellion. I am going to die with a tranquil conscience. — Jose Rizal
It's just me and the Bane. And I'm fighting him because he killed all of those innocent mice and people, and I have to stop… — Suzanne Collins
They're spreading out. Look unaware and sweet and innocent. It's a little hard to look innocent when I'm as big as a house. — Christine Feehan
Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we… — Gerry Spence
Why does shame and self-loathing become cruelty to the innocent ? — Anne Rice
She smiles at him, too young to know him for a stranger, and too innocent yet to care. — Paolo Bacigalupi
She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't… — Laini Taylor
The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories. Whether we are aware of it or not, we… — Elif Safak

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