"You can hide memories, but you can't erase the history that produced them.Sara looked directly into his eyesI nothing else, you need to remember that....

Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.
~ Haruki Murakami ~












Precipitate as weather, she appeared from somewhere, then evaporated, leaving only memory.

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