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On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful April morning by Haruki Murakami →

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katiewashere:

One beautiful April morning, on a narrow side street in Tokyo’s fashionable Harujuku neighborhood, I walked past the 100% perfect girl.

Tell you the truth, she’s not that good-looking. She doesn’t stand out in any way. Her clothes are nothing special. The back of her hair is still bent out of shape from sleep. She isn’t young, either - must be near thirty, not even close to a “girl,” properly speaking. But still, I know from fifty yards away: She’s the 100% perfect girl for me. The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert.

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  6. shorterexcerpts said: Love this story. At one point I even questioned someone fluent in Japanese if, it were in kanji characters, the entire thing could fit on someone’s back as a tattoo.
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