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I’ve built a wall around me, never letting anybody inside and trying not to venture outside myself

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
Anybody
Built
Outside
Wall
Inside
Around
Venture
Trying
Never
Letting

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