But unbreaking up can be even more tricky. Below are trios of letters that are the result of breaking a phrase or quotation up after removing all spaces. It's your job to reconstruct the phrase/quotation and authors' names using the blanks and spaces I've generously provided. Asterisks precede a capital letter. Non-trios appear at the ends.

1. DOW ERS HIS IGH IMH ISO IST ITH ONF ONW OSH OWH OWN RLJ RON SHA TAP TCA TOC UNG WNL

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-2. ART ASS AST EAN EHE EIS ESJ FIL GUP HEB HOU HTH LIK LIN LOV NAR NEM PTI RAI RGL SRE ULE WIT D

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3. CHI EAR EBE ENT FUN GIS HAW HGE HIN IDD NAT NYS ORG RAH RDS REF RNA RUT TCA ULL WHE YFO

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4. ANO DAL DOR EAR EAS EIN ESA LEE LEW LVA PIN REA RLD RON SWO THE THI WAK WEA WHI I

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5. ALU AMU EGO ELB ESI ETO IAM ISE ITS LDA LIK NDD OND PRA RCI SCA SOW TSV TYS UTL ER

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2. Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
Jules Renard

So true!