When idiot meets innocent

The following is something special. Although I didn't really like Sturgeon's novel, it had some wisdom in it:

"Ask Baby what is a friend."
"He says it's somebody who goes on loving whether he likes you or not."
(...)
"Ask Baby can you be truly part of someone you love."
"He says only if you love yourself."
(...)
"Ask Baby what is a grown person who can talk like babies."
"He says, an innocent."
(...)
"Ask Baby what if an idiot and an innocent are close together."
"He says when they so much as touched, the innocent would stop being an innocent and the idiot would stop being an idiot."

Theodore Sturgeon