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There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.

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
Hope
Nothing
Desolation
World
Hopelessness
Hopeless
Cruel
Emptiness
Cruelty
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