“Even sleep is characteristic. How beautiful are children in their lovely innocence! how angel-like their blooming features! and how painful and anxious is the sleep of the guilty!” ChildrenBeautifulSleepAngelPainfulLovelyGuiltyInnocenceFeaturesCharacteristicsAnxiousBlooming Author:Wilhelm von Humboldt
“I can't remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding's The Lord of the Flies. With The Death of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece-spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart.” HeartI CanBeautifulRememberLostDarkLordWrittenSweetMy HeartBrokeInnocenceSparesPreciseMasterpieceBroke My Heart Author:Dennis Lehane
“How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed.” SeemsBeautifulGriefSorrowInnocenceVirginsFelicity Author:William Davenant