
周りの人たちより遥かに立派なスーツケースを携えながら、その人たちの同室者であろうとするのは実に難しい。 - J・D・サリンジャー (1919 - 2010)
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It's really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs. - J. D. [Jerome David] Salinger (1919 - 2010)

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