From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain. (Haruki Murakami)

From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain.

Haruki Murakami

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