"I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't...

I was much younger, much hungrier, much more alone. But I was myself, pared down to the essentials.
~ Haruki Murakami ~












I was much younger, much hungrier, much more alone. But I was myself, pared down to the essentials.
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