Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and eve…

Haruki Murakami
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Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul? ✨ Haruki Murakami (2011). Norwegian Wood, p.223, Random House
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