"I think of human existence as being like a two-story house. On the rst oor people gather together to take their meals, watch television, and talk. e s...

To Tengo, sexual desire was fundamentally an extension of a means of communication. And so, to look for sexual desire in a place where there was no possibility of communication seemed inappropriate to him.
~ Haruki Murakami ~












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