“For I see that then I was still all in a state of innocence, but that innocence, once lost, is lost forever.”
“Once innocence is lost, the truth surely follows.”
“Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.”
“It was too late. Maybe yesterday, while I was still a child, but not now. I knew too much, had seen too much, I was a child no longer now; innocence and childhood were forever lost, forever gone from me.”
“There are some things that once you've lost, you never get back. Innocence is one. Love is another. I guess childhood is a third.”
“I think I grew up that night. It might have been Patrick that lost his virginity, but it was me that lost my innocence.”