{"text":"That was my first instinct -- to protect him. It never occurred to me that there was a greater need to protect myself. Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.","author":"Graham Greene","tags":["innocence","protection"],"id":12415,"author_id":"Graham+Greene"}