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If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark.

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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
Tight
Eyes
Dark
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Used
Blackness
Pitch

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