I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go o…

Haruki Murakami
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I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were tremendously complicated, to be sure, but one thing was clear: no one needed me. ✨ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel. Book by Haruki Murakami, 1997.
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I could disappear from the face of the earth, and the world would go on moving without the slightest twinge. Things were tremendously complicated, to be sure, but one thing was clear: no one needed me. ✨ The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel. Book by Haruki Murakami, 1997.

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