Essence Quote by John Jakes

The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can…

— John Jakes

I regret losing my innocence so early.

— Tulisa

Exercising leadership is an expression of your aliveness... But when you cover yourself up, you risk losing something as well. In the struggle to…

— Ronald A. Heifetz

It is the custom to sneer at the modern apartment-house, television, big-city Christmas, with its commercial taint . . . office parties, artificial .…

— Paul Gallico

If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality, and what loss have…

— Seneca the Younger

Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience

— Amos Bronson Alcott

The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but…

— Anonymous

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect…

— James T. Walsh

“...under no circumstances would he [Humbert Humbert] have interfered with the innocence of a child, if there was the least risk of a row.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

I don't think that on a daily basis, people need to be so concerned with others think. When someone comes forward and is an…

— Brad Goreski

“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…

— Erik Pevernagie

It had never occurred to Giles that there was something perfectly sensible about wanting to hold onto innocence. He had always gone in for…

— Anonymous