I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and I have not suffered the slightestinconvenience from it.
— Mark Twain
Each night when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Death is no more than passing from one room to another. But there’s a difference for me, you know, because in that other room I shall be able to see.
— Helen Keller
以下、印象的だったところ。
・silver tongues(雄弁家)(p.19)
・the Mother of~は抽象的なものにも使えるが、the Father of~は「創始者」等の抽象性のないものに使う。また、前者は”母なる大地”のイメージで、後者は”時の翁”のイメージ。(p.29)
・old personよりelder personの方が語感が優しい。(p.57)
・And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.(p.101)
・lost generationは「失われた世代」ではなく「人生の迷子になった世代」(p.142)