"Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rai...
If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!
~ Haruki Murakami ~
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If only I could fallsound asleep and wake up in my old reality!
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