Not just beautiful, though β the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And theyβre watching me. What Iβve up till now, what Iβm going to do β they know it all. Nothing gets past their watchful eyes. As I sit there under the shining night sky, again a violent fear takes hold of me. My heartβs pounding a mile a minute, and I can barely breathe. All these millions of stars looking down on me, and Iβve never given them more than a passing thought before. Not just the stars β how many other things havenβt I noticed in the world, things I know nothing about? β¨ FaceBook post byHaruki Murakami from Dec 23, 2013
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