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My only passions were books and music. as you might guess, i led a lonely life… not that i knew what i wanted in life - i didn’t. i loved reading novels to distraction, but didn’t write well enough to be a novelist; being an editor or a critic was out, too, since my tastes ran to the extremes. novels should be for pure personal enjoyment, i decided, not part of your work or study. that’s why i didn’t study literature
-Haruki Murakami
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My Only Passions Were Books And Music.

Haruki Murakami
My only passions were books and music. as you might guess, i led a lonely life… not that i knew what i wanted in life - i didn’t. i loved reading novels to distraction, but didn’t write well enough to be a novelist; being an editor or a critic was out, too, since my tastes ran to the extremes. novels should be for pure personal enjoyment, i decided, not part of your work or study. that’s why i didn’t study literature
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