History Quotes / AmbiguousInnocence

->''But it was much earlier even than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they took the blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who had to read them to children rather than the children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it’s being shed by the deserving)[[note]]That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.[[/note]] , and then wondered where the stories went.''

->''[[MadScientist Bonesaw]] laughed, and it was a sound without reservations, not shaped by social constraint or culture or self-censorship. It was the laugh of a child, free and without a care.''

->''"So he's like a child with superhuman combat capabilities. And really, there's nothing more pure [[ChildrenAreCruel and cruel as a child]]."''

-->-- '''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}'''

-->-- '''Literature/{{Worm}}'''

-->-- '''Socrates'''

-->-- '''Creator/{{Akira Toriyama}}'''

--> ''"N's heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence."''\\
--'''Concordia''', ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''

--> ''"So he's like a child with superhuman combat capabilities. And really, there's nothing more pure [[ChildrenAreCruel and cruel as a child]]."'' \\
--'''Jet Black''', ''Anime/CowboyBebop''

-->But it was much earlier even than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they took the blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who had to read them to children rather than the children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it’s being shed by the deserving)[[note]]That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.[[/note]] , and then wondered where the stories went.\\
--'''{{Discworld/Hogfather}}'''

-->[[MadScientist Bonesaw]] laughed, and it was a sound without reservations, not shaped by social constraint or culture or self-censorship. It was the laugh of a child, free and without a care.\\
--'''Literature/{{Worm}}'''

-->The unexamined life is not worth living.\\
--'''Socrates'''

--''Socrates''

-->The unexamined life is not worth living.

--'''Literature/{{Worm}}'''

-->But it was much earlier even than that when most people forgot that the very oldest stories are, sooner or later, about blood. Later on they took the blood out to make the stories more acceptable to children, or at least to the people who had to read them to children rather than the children themselves (who, on the whole, are quite keen on blood provided it’s being shed by the deserving)[[hottip:*:That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.]] , and then wondered where the stories went.\\

-->[[MadScientist Bonesaw]] laughed, and it was a sound without reservations, not shaped by social constraint or culture or self-censorship. It was the laugh of a child, free and without a care.

--'''Concordia''', ''PokemonBlackAndWhite''

--'''Jet Black''', ''CowboyBebop''