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"２話、３話、４話、と５話 を読み終わりました！アップデートするのを忘れてた。。ネタバレは下にあります。
やはり、陽数と偶数は違うお話。結構好きなところは、主人公は性格が違うってわかること。陽数の主人公は色々なことを考えたりする人て書かれてるのをわかる（普通な物でも面白い感想がある；例え：ソファーのことなど）。両方とのお話はすごい不思議だと思って、ワールドビルディングも面白い（老人の研究もっと詳しく知りたい！）。後、偶数と陽数のお話も繋がっていると思う。だんだんお話が続くともっとつながると思う。最初は両方ともペーパクリップについて、細かい話をしている。（普通はそんなことは作者が書かない気がする）。その上、世界の終わりに主人公が読まないといけない、古い夢は頭骨で、陽数に出てくる音抜きの骨の技術と同じな気はする。まだ６話は読み終わってないけど。６話の初めで主人公は夢を読んだ後何をしてら良いと聞くけど、それだけが仕事は不思議と思う。" — May 12, 2026 11:36PM
"２話、３話、４話、と５話 を読み終わりました！アップデートするのを忘れてた。。ネタバレは下にあります。
やはり、陽数と偶数は違うお話。結構好きなところは、主人公は性格が違うってわかること。陽数の主人公は色々なことを考えたりする人て書かれてるのをわかる（普通な物でも面白い感想がある；例え：ソファーのことなど）。両方とのお話はすごい不思議だと思って、ワールドビルディングも面白い（老人の研究もっと詳しく知りたい！）。後、偶数と陽数のお話も繋がっていると思う。だんだんお話が続くともっとつながると思う。最初は両方ともペーパクリップについて、細かい話をしている。（普通はそんなことは作者が書かない気がする）。その上、世界の終わりに主人公が読まないといけない、古い夢は頭骨で、陽数に出てくる音抜きの骨の技術と同じな気はする。まだ６話は読み終わってないけど。６話の初めで主人公は夢を読んだ後何をしてら良いと聞くけど、それだけが仕事は不思議と思う。" — May 12, 2026 11:36PM
“Pa said, "Won't you say a few words? Ain't none of our folks ever been buried without a few words."
Connie led Rose of Sharon to the graveside, she reluctant. "You got to," Connie said. "It ain't decent not to. It'll jus' be a little.
The firelight fell on the grouped people, showing their faces and their eyes, dwindling on their dark clothes.All the hats were off now. The light danced, jerking over the people.
Casy said, It'll be a short one." He bowed his head, and the others followed his lead. Casy said solemnly, "This here ol' man jus' lived a life an' just died out of it. I don't know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters. An' now his dead, an' that don't matter. Heard a fella tell a poem one time, an' he says 'All that lives is holy.' Got to thinkin', an' purty soon it means more than the words says. An' I woundn' pray for a ol' fella that's dead. He's awright. He got a job to do, but it's all laid out for'im an' there's on'y one way to do it. But us, we got a job to do, an' they's a thousan' ways, an' we don' know which one to take. An' if I was to pray, it'd be for the folks that don' know which way to turn. Grampa here, he got the easy straight. An' now cover 'im up and let'im get to his work." He raised his head.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
Connie led Rose of Sharon to the graveside, she reluctant. "You got to," Connie said. "It ain't decent not to. It'll jus' be a little.
The firelight fell on the grouped people, showing their faces and their eyes, dwindling on their dark clothes.All the hats were off now. The light danced, jerking over the people.
Casy said, It'll be a short one." He bowed his head, and the others followed his lead. Casy said solemnly, "This here ol' man jus' lived a life an' just died out of it. I don't know whether he was good or bad, but that don't matter much. He was alive, an' that's what matters. An' now his dead, an' that don't matter. Heard a fella tell a poem one time, an' he says 'All that lives is holy.' Got to thinkin', an' purty soon it means more than the words says. An' I woundn' pray for a ol' fella that's dead. He's awright. He got a job to do, but it's all laid out for'im an' there's on'y one way to do it. But us, we got a job to do, an' they's a thousan' ways, an' we don' know which one to take. An' if I was to pray, it'd be for the folks that don' know which way to turn. Grampa here, he got the easy straight. An' now cover 'im up and let'im get to his work." He raised his head.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
“Sure, cried the tenant men,but it’s our land…We were born on it, and we got killed on it, died on it. Even if it’s no good, it’s still ours….That’s what makes ownership, not a paper with numbers on it."
"We’re sorry. It’s not us. It’s the monster. The bank isn’t like a man."
"Yes, but the bank is only made of men."
"No, you’re wrong there—quite wrong there. The bank is something else than men. It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
"We’re sorry. It’s not us. It’s the monster. The bank isn’t like a man."
"Yes, but the bank is only made of men."
"No, you’re wrong there—quite wrong there. The bank is something else than men. It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
“For the love of God, Montresor!”
― The Cask of Amontillado
― The Cask of Amontillado
“But where does it stop? Who can we shoot? I don’t aim to starve to death before I kill the man that’s starving me.’’ “I don’t know. Maybe there’s nobody to shoot. Maybe the thing isn’t men at all. Maybe, like you said, the property’s doing it. Anyway I told you my orders.’’ “I got to figure,’’ the tenant said. “We all got to figure. There’s some way to stop this. It’s not like lightning or earthquakes. We’ve got a bad thing made by men, and by God that’s something we can change.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
“For a minute Rose of Sharon sat still in the whispering barn. Then she hoisted her tired body up and drew the comforter around her. She moved slowly to the corner and stood looking down at the wasted face, into the wide, frightened eyes. Then slowly she lay down beside him. He shook his head slowly from side to side. Rose of Sharon loosened one side of the blanket and bared her breast. “You got to,” she said. She squirmed closer and pulled his head close. “There!” she said. “There.” Her hand moved behind his head and supported it. Her fingers moved gently in his hair. She looked up and across the barn, and her lips came together and smiled mysteriously.”
― The Grapes of Wrath
― The Grapes of Wrath
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