"In his or her own way, everyone I saw before me looked happy. Whether they were really happy or just looked it, I couldn't tell. But they did look happy on this pleasant early afternoon in late September, and because of that I felt a kind of loneliness new to me, as if I were the only one here who was not truly part of the scene."

Loneliness September Happiness

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About Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist and short-story writer known for surreal and contemporary fiction. His books include Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84.

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