Haruki Murakami (1949) Japanese author, novelist
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel (1982), Chapter 13, The Rat's First Letter
“My biggest fault is that the faults I was born with grow bigger each year.”
— Haruki Murakami, book A Wild Sheep Chase
Source: A Wild Sheep Chase
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