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There was something odd for him about not feeling lonely. The very fact that he had ceased to be lonely caused him to fear the possibility of becoming lonely again.

There was something odd for him about not feeling lonely. The very fact that he had ceased to be lonely caused him to fear the possibility of becoming lonely again.

Approximate author period: c. 1949 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Haruki Murakami
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1949 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1949; activity date not established; Wikidata Q134798, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134798 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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