“I think I dislike what I don't like more than I like what I like.”

—  George Eliot , book Daniel Deronda

Source: Daniel Deronda

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English novelist, journalist and translator 1819–1880

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Original: (ja) 逆境は嫌いじゃないので。弱くなってる自分がすごく嫌なんです。それは本当に嫌いですけど、でも弱いというのは強くなれる可能性があると思ってるんで。
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