I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a pla…

Haruki Murakami
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I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left you, but there is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. ✨ FaceBook post byHaruki Murakami from Jun 30, 2011
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I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left you, but there is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for. ✨ FaceBook post byHaruki Murakami from Jun 30, 2011

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