“I don't care what you do to me, but I don't want you to hurt me. I've had enough hurt already in my life. More than enough. Now I want to be happy.”

— Haruki Murakami , book Norwegian Wood

Source: Norwegian Wood

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Japanese author, novelist 1949

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