That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to read more

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for read more

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta read more

What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to
the law.
[Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ad legem bonum esse.]

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

But innocence has nothing to dread.
[Fr., Mais l'innocence enfin n'a rien a redouter.]

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told read more

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?"

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.