“You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.”— Henri Matisse, en.wikiquote.org
“One look and I am sold. You got me on my knees. You steal all my innocence, a love sick melody.”— Andy Biersack, open.spotify.com
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”— Patrick Rothfuss, amazon.com
“Rest in peace, you age of innocence—you beautiful, serene, carefree, pre-Pearl Harbor, long summer night. We’ll never see your likes again.”— Rod Serling, books.google.com
“I lost a great innocence when I understood that I and my mind were not going to be on good terms for the rest of my life. I can’t tell you how tired I am of character-building experiences. But I treasure this part of me; whoever loves me loves me with this in it.”— Kay Redfield Jamison, amazon.com
“I remember I used to half believe and wholly play with fairies when I was a child.”— Beatrix Potter, amazon.com
“What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense, to fear no longer the terror that flieth by night, yet to feel truly and understand a little, a very little, of the story of life.”— Beatrix Potter, amazon.com
“Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.”— Alan Cohen, amazon.com
“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”— Patrick Rothfuss, amazon.com
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“You must teach my daughter this same lesson. How to lose your innocence but not your hope. How to laugh forever.”— Amy Tan, amazon.com
“If I'm innocent, it means that everyone is vulnerable. And that's everyone's nightmare.”— Amanda Knox, imdb.com
“Innocence ain't all it's cracked up to be, you know. Innocent little kids rip the wings off flies, because they don't know any better. That's innocence.”— Joe Hill, amazon.com
“Never again" becomes more than a slogan: It's a prayer, a promise, a vow. There will never again be hatred, people say. Never again jail and torture. Never again the suffering of innocent people, or the shooting of starving, frightened, terrified children. And never again the glorification of base,…”— Elie Wiesel, amazon.com
“No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of themselves to another as a dog gives of itself. I also suspect that we cherish dogs because their unb…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com