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Haruki Murakami Quotes: I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.
         

I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.


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