Why should we remain innocent of what lurks in the shadows? How can we live in the world if we don't understand how dark and brutal it can be?
Even if I could live forever,_ she said to the baby, __ still don__ know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no reason."__ut later I threw away my foolish innocence to protect myself. And then I taught my daughter, your mother, to shed her innocence so she would not be hurt as well.
The Joy Luck Club
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Even if I could live forever,_ she said to the baby, __ still don__ know which way I would teach you. I was once so free and innocent. I too laughed for no reason."__ut later I threw away my foolish innocence to protect myself. And then I taught my daughter, your mother, to shed her innocence so she would not be hurt as well.
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