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That's evolution. Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution

Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
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Novelist
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Translator
University Teacher
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
Hard
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Always
Bleak
Evolution
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