There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having no…

Haruki Murakami
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There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. ✨ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Book by Haruki Murakami, August 25, 1995.
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