“Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
“For I see that then I was still all in a state of innocence, but that innocence, once lost, is lost forever.”
— Susan Hill, book The Woman in Black
Source: The Woman in Black
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