Grandfather always said school’s a place where they take sixteen years…

Haruki Murakami
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Grandfather always said school’s a place where they take sixteen years to wear down your brain. Grandfather hardly went to school either. ✨ Haruki Murakami (1993). Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel, Vintage
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