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What was lost was lost. There was no retrieving it, however you schemed, no returning to how things were, no going back.

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
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Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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