強くなければ生きてはいけない、優しくなければ生きている資格がない。 (投稿: 灰岡 章夫 様)
/ 厳しくならなければ、生きては行けない。優しくなれなければ、生きるに値しない。 - フィリップ・マーロウ -- レイモンド・チャンドラー (1888 - 1959): 『プレイバック』第25章
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If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive. - Philip Marlowe -- Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959): PLAYBACK ch.25
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