“Yesterday is safe,
Tomorrow's full of danger,
Yesterday's a face I know,
Tomorrow is a stranger.”
Henry Summers (1911–2005) British civil servant
"A Spell for Midnight"
“It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.”
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