It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain. ✨ Haruki Mur…

Haruki Murakami
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It's like a kid standing at the window watching the rain. ✨ Haruki Murakami (1993). Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel, Vintage
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