Famous quotes containing the word innocent:
“Everyone wants to be innocent at all costs, even if that means accusing the human race and the heavens.”
—Albert Camus (19131960)
“German Flyer: Rotterdam, we destroy in two hours.
Mrs. Miniver: There were thousands killed. Innocent people.
German Flyer: Not innocentthey were against us.
Mrs. Miniver: Women and children.
German Flyer: 30,000 in two hours. And we will do the same thing here!”
—Arthur Wimperis (18741953)
“The innocent brightness of a new-born Day
Is lovely yet;
The Clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sober colouring from an eye
That hath kept watch oer mans mortality;”
—William Wordsworth (17701850)
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