“Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't keep on living like this.”

— Haruki Murakami, book South of the Border, West of the Sun

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“Autumn finally arrived. And when it did, I came to a decision. Something had to give: I couldn't keep on living like this.”

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