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If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to adults heaven is being children again.

Diane Ackerman
Children, Heaven, Age
Diane Ackerman (2011). “Deep Play”, p.20, Vintage
If cynicism is inevitable as one ages, so is the yearning for innocence. To children heaven is being an adult, and to adults heaven is being children again.