You don’t get it, do you? I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’.…

Haruki Murakami
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You don’t get it, do you? I said. “It’s not a question of ‘what then’. Some people get a kick out of reading railroad timetables and that’s all they do all day. Some people make huge model boats out of matchsticks. So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?
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