“Slowly, I've come to realize
That I cannot heal my past
And that fearing the unavoidable future
Is pointless”
No Way To Say
Lyrics, Memorial Address
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Canto XI, st. 18
The Revolt of Islam (1817)
“Ah, my Belov'ed fill the Cup that clears
To-day Past Regrets and Future Fears:
To-morrow!”
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Source: The Rubaiyat (1120)
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When she left the Nitygram village quoted in "Bowing Out".
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As quoted in The Reader's Digest (October 1994), p. 185