But knowing what I don’t want to do doesn’t help me figure out what I …

Haruki Murakami
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But knowing what I don’t want to do doesn’t help me figure out what I do want to do. I could do just about anything if somebody made me. But I don’t have an image of the one thing I really want to do. That’s my problem now. I can’t find the image. ✨ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel. Book by Haruki Murakami, 1997.
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