People say you're born innocent, but it's not true. You inherit all kinds of things that you can do nothing about. You inherit your identity, your history, like a birthmark that you can't wash off.... We are born with our heads turned back, but my mother says we have to face into the future now. You have to earn your own innocence, she says. You have to grow up and become innocent. Hugo Hamilton
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This quote is about how life teaches us to grow up and become better people by having to deal with the things that make us uncomfortable. This quote is also about the fact that we are all born innocent but it isn't true, because we can't get rid of our bad habits and mistakes.

Source: The Sailor In The Wardrobe

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