I want to relax, take as little responsibility as possible, and step out of the limelight. But just like Play-Doh getting pushed through a mold, sometimes you realize you’re getting put out there. Is that the person’s fate? Did they choose it? Was it chosen for them? I have no idea. Did they pushed themselves, or were they pushes by people around them, or did God do it? I don’t know, but regardless there comes a time when you say to yourself, “Huh? This can’t be. This is what I have to do!?”
-Eikichi Yazawa, “Yaomote, OK“
できれば楽したいし、できれば責任を負いたくないし、できれば陰に
隠れていたい。でも、ところてんが押し出されるみたいに、気づいたら前に
出てるときがあるわけ。それは、その人の運命なのか、選んだのか、
選ばれたのか、ぼくはよくわからない。自分が押したのか、まわりが押したのか、神様がやったのか、知らないけど、とにかく「え？なに？ウソだろ？オレがやんなきゃいけないのかい？」ってときが来るんだ。
ーー矢沢永吉さんが『ヤオモテ、OK』の中で