Innocent

Famous quotes containing the word innocent:

    “German Flyer: Rotterdam, we destroy in two hours.
    Mrs. Miniver: There were thousands killed. Innocent people.
    German Flyer: Not innocent—they 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 (1874–1953)

    “The innocent and the beautiful
    Have no enemy but time;”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “There was never yet such a storm but it was Æolian music to a healthy and innocent ear.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)