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The honour of physical decline is waiting, and you have to get used to that reality.
Haruki Murakami
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Haruki Murakami
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 12
Athletics Competitor
Essayist
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Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
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Kyōto
Murakami Haruki
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The silence grew deeper, so deep that if you listened carefully you might very well catch the sound of the earth revolving on its axis.
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The worst thoughts usually strike in the dead of the night.
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Most everything you think you know about me is nothing more than memories.
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Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.
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