“I turned to run, but I didn't actually take a step, even though I wanted to. That wasn't the way I was raised. My mother taught me that if you knock on a door, you have to wait there until someone answers.”
Book:The Strange Library
Quote by Haruki Murakami
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The Strange Library
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