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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀「「この世に生まれて一人ぼっちなんて事は
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀絶対にないんだで!!!!」
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"No one is born into this world to be alone !!!!"
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀— 尾田 栄一郎 (Eiichiro Oda ; One piece : Jaguar D. Saul ; Chapter 398 ; 2006)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀" 'I wish it need not have happened in my time,' said Frodo.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀'So do I,' said Gandalf, 'and so do all who live to see such times.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀what to do with the time that is given to us.' "
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. (The Lord of The Rings)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Take this ring, Master… for your labours will be heavy;
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀but it will support you in the weariness that you have taken
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀upon yourself. For this is the Ring of Fire, and with it
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀you may rekindle hearts in a world that grows chill."
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(The Lord of the Rings : Círdan ; Appendix B ; The Third Age)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀|▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀lived there—on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀character-building experience. There is perhaps no better
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ever known."
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀[image in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot ]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀— Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot, 1994)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You want to know the difference between a master and a
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀beginner? The master has failed more times than the beginner
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀has even tried. Behind every great piece of art there is a
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀thousand failed attempts to make it. [...]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀At first glance, failure looks like evidence you'll never be
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀talented. [...] Success is a sign you're ready to learn
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀something new, and failure is a sign you're learning something
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀new. You can't always succeed your first time, but you can fail
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀less each time you try.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Become friends with failure and free yourself from the
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀oppressive critic within."
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀— Stephen McCranie, *Brick by Brick: Principles for Achieving
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ |⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Artistic Mastery* (Episode 13: Be Friends with Failure)
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