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“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
“A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman. He ought not; he does not.” Jane Austen, Persuasion
“But I didn’t understand then. That I could hurt somebody so badly she would never recover. That a person can, just by living, damage another human being beyond repair.” Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
“Too punitive for conciliation, too lenient to keep Germany from recovering, the treaty of Versailles condemned the exhausted democracies to constant vigilance and to the need for permanent enforcement against an irreconcilable and revisionist...” Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy
“For other nations Utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is no farther than the intensity of their commitment.” Henry Kissinger, White House Years
“It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.” Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
“Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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commitment love heart time understanding acceptance punishment hurting uncertainty falling utopia enforcement

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Henry Kissinger (2)
Jane Austen (1)
Haruki Murakami (1)
J. K. Rowling (1)
Charles Dickens (1)
Suzanne Collins (1)

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White House Years (1)
A Tale of Two Cities (1)
Persuasion (1)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (1)
Diplomacy (1)
South of the Border, West of the Sun (1)
Mockingjay (1)