What's really important here, I whispered loudly to myself,is not the …

Haruki Murakami
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What's really important here, I whispered loudly to myself,is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have
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What's really important here, I whispered loudly to myself,is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have

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