Inspirational attitude Quote by Edith Wharton

“Ah no, he did not want May to have that kind of innocence that seals the mind against imagination and the heart against experience.”

— Anonymous

“There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just…

— Joanna Chambers

“Was it not worth the loss of a little immortality to have that strange mix of innocence and strength close to him?”

— Nalini Singh

“It's not the innocence that made him so certain. It's the arrogance of his guilt.”

— Katherine Stone

“We consider it innocent to desire, and heinous that the other person should do so.”

— Marcel Proust

“And he had no qualms whatsoever about prying into someone’s private thoughts and experiences. And no guilt about hoarding his own.”

— Nora Roberts

“In any case, you must remember, my dearest, that the main strength of innocence is innocence itself. farewell.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“[...] he felt that he too was only a baby, with the chance to live without shame, without the need for consolation for a…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“It was slowly dawning on me that innocence is a protection. They knew very well, better than I, how harsh the world is. And…

— Lou Ann Walker

“Innocence could be lost more than once after all.”

— Selena Kitt

“He would love her with a passion that both frightened and revived him, a desperation that made a mockery of his neat dreams for…

— Kate Morton

“He would never again tempt innocence. He would be good.”

— Oscar Wilde