John Irving Quotes

I think everybody is born pure. You never go to the maternity ward and hold a baby that has bad energy.

Kids come into the world with clean hearts, fresh starts.

The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.

I've never had anyone define purity. You probably can't define purity. Purity is to live according to original design.

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.

Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice- but as yet unstained.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

I admire natural, untouched beauty.

I am too pure for you or anyone.

I think there's an innocence to me.

I'm as clean as a whistle.

I had such a pure upbringing - my childhood was a really happy time.

Virginity is the ideal of those who want to deflower.

The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.

There's this assumption that all children have the luxury of a childhood where their innocence is always respected and their main occupation is pleasant play - at the age of 18 or 21, they are then thrust into the real world and shown its uglier side, but not before.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.

When you look at children, they're so beautiful, and they seem so peaceful because their faces aren't all wrinkly and worried. They're like beautiful little pieces of pottery or something. You want to think they have this peace because they have no big responsibilities, but it's just not true.

The essence of the show is that SpongeBob is an innocent in a world of jaded characters. The rest is absurd packaging.

I've always aimed to create something pure.

Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain.

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 mental state of being untouched, of not having seen a lot of the world.

Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness.