Sentences with phrase «flowers of innocence»

And as they spoke those words, «Our children,» you could almost smell the sweet flowers of innocence and purity.

Not exact matches

Cuesta's reference to director Alan Pakula, killed on the L.I.E. and responsible for a trio of seminal paranoia thrillers in the seventies (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men), gains an increased level of resonance as the cinema of that decade was a reflection of another generation's loss of innocence — one fuelled by the triple - assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King, the gulf created by the free - love and flower - power movements, and the psychological tumult of Vietnam.

Contrasting beautiful surroundings with sad stories is not exactly an uncommon trope in cinema — Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence provides one of the best examples, with the bright flowers that first seemed so welcoming now symbolising all the unfairness of a life bound by the limitations of class.

It's a minor production with its own charms, notably Cassidy, whose look of purity and innocence gives her sudden flowering passion the rush of sexual awakening, and [Laurence] Fox, whose gives Cecil a sense of self - awareness and a dignity that isn't immediately apparent.

Violet A delicate flower, the picture of perfect innocence, a beauty.

For many, the beautiful trumpet - shaped white flowers symbolize purity, virtue, innocence, hope and life — the spiritual essence of Easter.

Mason's Yard In the ground - floor gallery at Mason's Yard, The Indifferent Owl, a tondo painted in a disquieting mix of browns, purples and blues, will overlook a group of paintings of flowers and plants that suggest innocence and newness, their mood a stark contrast to the owl's world - weary, unappeasable gaze.