AEB: Chapter 4

Chapter 4

“Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey.”

~ Marcel Proust (French novelist)

AEB: Chapter 3

Chapter 2

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

- Gandhi

AEB: Chapter Two

Chapter 2

How like a winter hath my absence been
From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!
What old December's bareness everywhere!
~William Shakespeare, "Sonnet XCVII"

ACA: Chapter 1

A Constant Ache

Summary: Returning for his last year at Hogwarts, Draco has to suffer through an impending disability and endure animosity from his own House, feeling as though the weight of the world rests on his weak shoulders-until Hermione offers to share the burden that is.  HBP not compliant.

Note: Starts during their seventh and last year at Hogwarts. Harry supposedly defeated Voldemort during their sixth year after Draco let the Death Eaters inside Hogwarts. Dumbledore and Snape are both alive. The Weasley twins are both alive and well.

"The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much, and power over nothing."

-Herodotus (Greek philosopher)

ACA: Chapter 2

Chapter 2

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”
- Buddha

ACA: Chapter 3, 4

Chapter 3

“The human body can bear immeasurable pain and yet recover.
Wounds can heal.
But once your spirit is broken, everything falls apart.”

-Palden Gyasto (Human Rights Activist)

ACA: CHapter 5, 6

Chapter Five

“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”

-          Albert Schweitzer

ACA: Chapter 7, 8

Chapter 7

“Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.”
- Charles Caleb Colton (English essayist)

ACA: Chapter 9, 10

Chapter Nine

“Always forgive your enemies-nothing annoys them so much.”

~ Oscar Wilde

ACA: Chapter 11, 12

Chapter 11

“The dew of compassion is a tear.”

~ Lord Byron (Romantic Poet)