The Elephant Vanishes

by Haruki Murakami
Japan
Born on 12 Jan 1949
Writer

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There are lots of things we never understand, no matter how many years we put on, no matter how much experience we accumulate.

The Elephant Vanishes
We never choose anything at all. Things happen. Or not.

The Elephant Vanishes
Memory is like fiction; or else it's fiction that's like memory.

The Elephant Vanishes
I realize now that the reality of things is not something you convey to people but something you make.

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Haruki Murakami

 

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