“ As the year came to an end, Junpei made up his mind. He would count her as number two. She was one of the women who had ‘real meaning’ for him. Failure number two. Only one left. But he was no longer afraid. Numbers aren’t the important thing. The countdown has no meaning. Now he knew: What matters is deciding in your heart to accept another person completely. And it always has to be the first time and the last.
~ Haruki Murakami - Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman “The Kidney Shaped Stone”
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