“Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.”

“It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.”

“Commonsense has trampled down many a gentle genius whose eyes had delighted in a too early moonbeam of some too early truth; commonsense has back-kicked dirt at the loveliest of queer paintings because a blue tree seemed madness to its well-meaning hoof; commonsense has prompted ugly but strong nations to crush their fair but frail neighbors the moment a gap in history offered a chance that it would have been ridiculous not to exploit.”

“You are too winsome to resist, too innocent to keep, and far too delightful to easily let go”

“If you think about it, an unfair society is a society that makes it possible for you to exploit your abilities to the limit.”

“A tip for you-Little Miss Innocent routine only works when there's a credible belief that innocence is possible.”