Ambiguous Innocence/Quotes
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"N's heart is pure and innocent. But there is nothing more beautiful and terrifying than innocence."
—Concordia, Pokémon Black and White
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"So he's like a child with superhuman combat capabilities. And really, there's nothing more pure and cruel as a child."
—Jet Black, Cowboy Bebop
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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),[1] and then wondered where the stories went.
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- ↑ That is to say, those who deserve to shed blood. Or possibly not. You never quite know with some kids.