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Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone
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"Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone"

- Mary Astor

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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.

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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Mary Astor between May 3, 1906 and September 25, 1987. She was a famous Actress from USA. The author also have 1 other quotes.

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