Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
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No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.
— Haruki Murakami on Oblivion
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "No matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away." in the context of "Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Oblivion" (Quotes)
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About Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami (ζδΈ ζ₯ζ¨Ή Murakami Haruki, born 12 January 1949) is a best-selling contemporary Japanese writer. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, both in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award (2006) and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006), while his whole oeuvre garnered the Franz Kafka Prize (2006), the Jerusalem Prize (2009), and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize (2016) among others.
About Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami (ζδΈ ζ₯ζ¨Ή Murakami Haruki, born 12 January 1949) is a best-selling contemporary Japanese writer. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, both in Japan and internationally, including the World Fantasy Award (2006) and the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2006), while his whole oeuvre garnered the Franz Kafka Prize (2006), the Jerusalem Prize (2009), and the Hans Christian Andersen Literature Prize (2016) among others.
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