Freedom Quote by William maxwell

“Innocence is only a virtue, lass, when it is temporary. You must pass from it to look back and recognize its unsullied purity. To…

— Steven Erikson

The word 'innocence' means a mind that is incapable of being hurt.

— Anonymous

Innocence is something to be appreciated, to be understood, to be enjoyed. Like you see animals, they're innocent; you see children, they're innocent; flowers,…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“What I call innocence is the spirit's unself-conscious state at any moment of pure devotion to any object. It is at once a receptiveness…

— Annie Dillard

Innocence is a desirable thing, a dainty thing, an appealing thing, in its place; but carried too far, it is merely ridiculous.

— Dorothy Parker

The innocence which is simply ignorance is not virtue.

— John Lancaster Spalding

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper…

— Graham Greene

I am not innocent. Innocence is a science of the sublime. And I am only at the very beginning of the apprenticeship.

— Helene Cixous

Innocence is always the state of being untouched. Sometimes it's synonymous with virginity, so sometimes it's quite literal, but sometimes it's more of a…

— Molly Crabapple

“He'd learned pretty early that the illusioned virtuous creatures were no more than that— illusions. Innocence was a community that was used up and…

— Camille Oster

To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for…

— Anne Rice

“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