This was never any place I was meant to be. This isn’t a place for me.…

Haruki Murakami
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This was never any place I was meant to be. This isn’t a place for me. ✨ Haruki Murakami (1994). The Elephant Vanishes, Vintage
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This was never any place I was meant to be. This isn’t a place for me. ✨ Haruki Murakami (1994). The Elephant Vanishes, Vintage

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