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Possibilities are like cancer. The more I think about them, the more they multiply, and there's no way to stop them. I'm out of control.

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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Cancer
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