命は死ぬことで失われるのではない。命は刻一刻と失われている。だらだらと過ごす日々のうちに、数え切れず小さいがゆえに見過ごされて行くあらゆる点で。 - スティーブン・ヴィンセント・ベネ［ベネー／ベネット］ (1898 - 1943)
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Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways. - Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 - 1943)
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