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With each passing moment I'm becoming part of the past. There is no future for me, just the past steadily accumulating.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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Steadily
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Future
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Past
Accumulating

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