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In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.

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
Came
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Beautiful
Ends
Many
Promises
Never
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Dinner
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