Rabindranath Tagore

"My dearest life, I know you are not mine forever; but do love me even if it’s for this moment. After that I shall vanish into the forest where you cast me, I won’t ask anyone for anything again. Give me something that can last me till I die."

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Source: Rabindranath Tagore (2003). “A Grain of Sand: Chokher Bali”, p.176, Penguin Books India

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet and philosopher, renowned for his profound insights into love and humanity, notably through his work 'Gitanjali'.

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