Haruki Murakami Quotes

He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the void inside me. But I wasn’t able to fill the void inside her. Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

Haruki Murakami

• Heart
• Needed
• Emptiness
• Void

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• He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the void inside me. But I wasn’t able to fill the void inside her. Until the bitter end, the emptiness inside her was hers alone.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Heart
  • Needed
  • Emptiness