Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many ye…

Haruki Murakami
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Living like an empty shell is not really living, no matter how many years it may go on. The heart and flesh of an empty shell give birth to nothing more than the life of an empty shell. ✨ Haruki Murakami (2007). Vintage Murakami, p.161, Vintage
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