一人一人の人生の中に、遠い離れ小島のような場所がある、終わりなき悲しみや密やかな悦びに耽る場所がある、そう思った。 - サラ・オーン・ジューエット (1849 - 1909): 『尖がりモミの国』
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In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness. - Sarah Orne Jewett (1849 - 1909): The Country of the Pointed Firs
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