„I shall never forget the tears in the eyes of the shah the day we left Iran. In that deserted runway and in the aircraft, my only thought was whether it was the last time or would [we ever] return.“

Interview: Farah Pahlavi Recalls 30 Years In Exile http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Farah_Pahlavi_Recalls_30_Years_In_Exile/2111354.html, Radio Free Europe, (July 27, 2010).
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iranische Kaiserin 1938

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— Natacha Rambova American film personality and fashion designer 1897 - 1966

On visiting Egypt, p. 207
Madam Valentino: The Many Lives of Natacha Rambova (1991)

„Taking Iran's history as witness, I declare that we, the Pahlavi Dynasty, nurse no love but that for Iran, and no zeal but that for the dignity of Iranians; recognise no duty but that of serving our state and our nation.
As the commander of this monarchy, I make a covenant with Iran's history that this golden epic of modern Iran will be carried on to complete victory, and that no power on earth shall ever be able to stand against the bond of steel between the Shah and the nation. We shall never again be caught unawares. The nation and the Imperial Arrned Forces, which come from the ranks of the people and derive their power from our inexhaustible national resources, are alert day in and day out to protect their country. No foreigner or his agents will ever have the chance to penetrate the unshakable structure of our national sovereignty because Iran's destiny is now shaped by Iranians and for Iranians - and this shall always be the case.“

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— Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919 - 1980

Message of the Shahanshah of Iran, Now Rouz, 1976 http://members.cybertrails.com/~pahlavi/speech1.html
Speeches, 1976

„Forgotten? No, we never do forget:
We let the years go; wash them clean with tears,
Leave them to bleach out in the open day,
Or lock them careful by, like dead friends' clothes,
Till we shall dare unfold them without pain, —
But we forget not, never can forget.“

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— Dinah Craik English novelist and poet 1826 - 1887

"A Flower of a Day"
Poems (1866)

„Courage, then, my countrymen, our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.“

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— Samuel Adams American statesman, Massachusetts governor, and political philosopher 1722 - 1803

Speech in Philadelphia (1776)

„And the last words I heard him say were
I shall return for you my love on Christmas Day…“

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— Dido English singer-songwriter 1971

Christmas Day
Song lyrics, No Angel (1999)

„Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.
Never shall I forget that smoke.
Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky.
Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.
Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live.
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.
Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself.
Never.“

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— Elie Wiesel, buch Night

Quelle: Night (1960)

„Only this time it was just a brief rest, till the stars came out. They stared down with mockery in their twinkles, saying all our sweat and blood really had no meaning in the long eye of time. Nothing we did would be recalled a thousand years from now.
Such thoughts infected us all. No one had any ideals or glory-lust left. We just wanted to get somewhere, lie down, and forget the war.
The war would not forget us.“

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— Glen Cook, The Black Company

Quelle: The Black Company (1984), Chapter 5, “Harden” (p. 140)

„I am going to keep my mind (well, what's left of it) occupied by doing (and I never thought the day would come when I would say this) my homework.“

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— Louise Rennison British writer 1951 - 2016

„Should I tear my eyes out now?
Everything I see returns to you somehow
Should I tear my heart out now?
Everything I feel returns to you somehow“

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— Sufjan Stevens American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 1975

"The Only Thing"
Lyrics, Carrie and Lowell (2015)

„I rolled my eyes at Rose, but she returned the look with a scowl which suggested that, if we ever got out of this alive, she would have some issues to address with myself and my polaroid camera.“

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— Ben Croshaw English video game journalist 1983

Quelle: Fullyramblomatic Novels, Articulate Jim: A Search For Something, Chapter Nine

„I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against my conscience, nor would do this day, if all that is in earth, whether it be honor, pleasure, or riches, might be given me.“

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— William Tyndale Bible translator and agitator from England 1494 - 1536

As quoted in the Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe

„Some one, I think it was Isaac Disraeli, said that he who did not make himself acquainted with the best thoughts of the greatest writers would one day be mortified to observe that his best thoughts are their indifferent ones, and it is from the great books that have stood the test of time that we shall get, not only the most lasting pleasure, but a standard by which to measure our own thoughts, the thoughts of others, and the excellence of the literature of our own day.“

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— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon British Liberal statesman 1862 - 1933

Recreation (1919)

„I wonder if I cry whether my tears would be gray.“

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— Susan Beth Pfeffer, buch Life As We Knew It

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„We are not.
We never were; we never shall be. We return to the void we never, for mehay is the center of all, and all is the center of nothing.“

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— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, Wyvernhail

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„Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations… We shall not rest until the day when we return to our home, and until we destroy Israel.“

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— Yasser Arafat former Palestinian President, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient 1929 - 2004

Quoted in The Times, UK (5 August 1980).
1980s and 1990s

„Impossible for me to know whether or not I take myself seriously. The drama of detachment is that we cannot measure its progress. We advance into a desert, and we never know where we are in it.“

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— Emil M. Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

Anathemas and Admirations (1987)

„We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we whispered and what we screamed, forget who we were.“

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— Joan Didion, buch Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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„When the day shall come, that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'—ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.“

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— Diana Gabaldon, buch The Fiery Cross

Variante: When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last words are not 'I love you'-ye'll ken it was because I didna have time.
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„A torrent of tears streamed from my eyes, and I was able at last, without dying, to press to my heart...“

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— Alessandro Cagliostro Italian occultist 1743 - 1795

Cagliostro: the Splendour And Misery of a Master of Magic by W.R.H. Trowbridge, (William Rutherford Hayes), (August 1910) https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Trowbridge%2c%20W%2e%20R%2e%20H%2e%20%28William%20Rutherford%20Hayes%29%2c%201866%2d1938

„I want the standard of living in Iran in ten years' time to be exactly on a level with that in Europe today. In twenty years' time we shall be ahead of the United States.“

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— Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shah of Iran 1919 - 1980

As quoted in Marvin Zonis (1991), Majestic Failure: The Fall of the Shah, page 65
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„I shall never forget the tears in the eyes of the shah the day we left Iran. In that deserted runway and in the aircraft, my only thought was whether it was the last time or would [we ever] return.“

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