Innocence-lost Quote by Tom Rob Smith Download Open image ““The price of this story was the audience's innocence.”” — Tom Rob Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Innocence-lost
“We live in a time of era where there is no value for innocence. People don’t worth the innocence. And innocent people remain the… — Salman Aziz Copy Share Image
“In order for us to live comfortably with ourselves while living on unjust terms with others, we have to tell ourselves a story that… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“And yet we were always being found innocent for ridiculous reasons.” — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“A good story defies the reader's expectations, and in doing so, brings them satisfaction.” — Thomas Maltman Copy Share Image
“Great God!' Sir Wildon repeated dazedly. 'How many innocent lives did this "scratch paper" cost?' Bandera shrugged. 'Who knows? We were too busy to… — Joe Millard Copy Share Image
“I am innocent! But only because the opportunity to partake in an activity that would render me guilty has not presented itself.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“...stories are not always innocent;...they can be used to put you in the wrong crowd, in the party of the man who has come… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.” — Seeley James Copy Share Image
“Standing at the point where these photographs were taken, you’re immersed in the most unbelievable quiet. It’s like being at the bottom of the… — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“Precautionary measure. With those words any deaths could be justified. Better to destroy your own people than there be a chance a German soldier… — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
There's nothing more stubborn than a fact. That is why you hate them so much. They offend you. — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“The duty of an investigator was to scratch away at innocence until guilt was uncovered. If no guilt was uncovered then they hadn’t scratched… — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“Do not under estimate the power of their programmes. They serve to numb the minds of their citizens. It is not mere entertainment: it… — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
To stand up for someone was to stitch your fate into the lining of theirs. — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“Leo, I have another secret. I've fallen in love with you.” "I've always loved you.” — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“We should measure a man by what they’re prepared to do themselves. Not by what they’re prepared to have others do for them.” — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“His hate wasn't professional; it was an obsession, a fixation, as if unrequited love had grown awful, twisted into something ugly.” — Tom Rob Smith Copy Share Image
“He had always tried to treat Havaa as a child and she always went along with it, as though childhood and innocence were fantastical… — Anthony Marra Copy Share Image
“O Rose, thou art sick. The invisible worm That flies in the night In the howling storm Has found out thy bed Of crimson… — William Blake Copy Share Image
“Never had we ever kissed as lovers; if we touched lips it was as brother and sister. In one moment of emotion, our lips… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“In the 1950s kids lost their innocence. They were liberated from their parents by well-paying jobs, cars, and lyrics in music that gave rise… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“I wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Innocent like the first dreams A few words dropped on the paper; Contaminated they were by the surrounding air, Fame swarmed, naivety disappeared!” — Neelam Saxena Chandra Copy Share Image
“I could bring the difficult childhood card but that would be a lie because I had the most decent example of a good childhood.… — Lunga Noélia Izata Copy Share Image
“I knelt and locked the door. I locked the door locking the world and time outside. I stretched my body across the mattress and… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“Why we as a nation worship youth so much is because we confuse it with innocence. We long for the irresponsibility of not knowing.… — Gerda Charles 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 and initiates… — B.G. Bowers Copy Share Image
