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As long as there's such a thing as time, everybody's damaged in the end, changed into something else. It always happens, sooner or later.

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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Always
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Time
Everybody
Else
Happens
Ends
Thing
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