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Letters are just pieces of paper, I said. Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
Linguist
Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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University Teacher
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
Letters
Paper
Stay
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Norwegians
Keep
Vanishes
Heart
Vanish
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Burn
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