Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.
— Haruki Murakami Contemporary

Japanese novelist

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Novel, Kafka on the Shore

Date / Period

2002

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Controversial

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https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/38891-every-one-of-us-is-losing-something-preci…

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