“In terms of evolutionary history, it was only yesterday that men learned to walk around on two legs and get in trouble thinking complicated thoughts. So don't worry, you'll burn out.”

— Haruki Murakami , book The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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Japanese author, novelist 1949

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