“The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to the martial spirit that keeps the blood at heat. Some little, unassuming, unobtrusive choice presents itself before us slyly and craftily, glib and insinuating, in the modest garb of innocence. . . . Then it is that you will be summoned to show the courage of adventurous youth.” LittlesCharacterShowsSpiritChoicesHoursChallengesBloodYouthBeing TrueAppealsInnocenceHeatHeroicModestAdventurousTrumpetsUnassuming Author:Benjamin Cardozo
“You get the feeling that childhood does not last as long as it used to. Innocence gets harder to hold on to as the world gets older, as it accumulates more experience, more mileage and more blood on the tracks.” WorldLongDoeFeelingsLastsUsedBloodChildhoodHarderTrackInnocenceMileage Author:Martin Amis
“Drink has shed more blood, hung more crepe, sold more homes, plunged more people into bankruptcy, armed more villains, slain more children, snapped more wedding rings, defiled more innocence, blinded more eyes, dethroned more reason, wrecked more manhood, dishonored more womanhood, broken more hearts, blasted more lives, driven more to suicide and dug more graves than any other evil that has cursed the world.” PeopleWorldHeartChildrenReasonHomeEyeEvilBloodBrokenDrinkSuicideDrivenRingsGravesInnocenceBroken HeartVillainShedHungWomanhoodManhoodCursedBlindedBankruptcyDishonorVillainyWedding RingDishonourCrepesDefilement Author:Evangeline Booth
“Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.” DoeBornBloodDutyBlessedSacredInnocentInnocenceYield Author:Bryant H. McGill
“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” WorldFallBloodWorstMerePassionateConvictionInnocenceAnarchyIntensityTidesCentreFalling ApartCeremonyFalcon Author:William Butler Yeats