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No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.

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
Memories
Went
Suffering
Wanted
Matter
Much
Never
Life

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