"Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone"
- Mary Astor
About this Quote
The quote, "Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone" by Mary Astor, implies that the act of questioning can lead to a loss of innocence. The concept being that by seeking responses, one becomes mindful of severe truths and loses the blissful ignorance that includes innocence. In other words, asking concerns forces us to confront truths that might be unpleasant or unsettling, thereby exposing us to the extreme truths of the world. This quote might likewise suggest that ignorance is bliss which once we become curious and curious, we lose the naivety and simplicity that features being innocent.
This quote is written / told by Mary Astor between May 3, 1906 and September 25, 1987. She was a famous Actress from USA.
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