夢を追い求めることで人生の意味を解くというよりはむしろ、自分の人生を追い求めることで夢の意味を解き明かそうとしていた。 - スーザン・ソンタグ (1933 - 2004): 『恩人』
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I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. - Susan Sontag (1933 - 2004): The Benefactor
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![IMAGE: He that falls today may rise [be up] tomorrow (again). / Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/falling-24_slippery-15_step-98_stairs-15_forest-78-100x75.jpg)
