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When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's decided to commit suicide and boards a train only to become obsessed with whether he remembered to lock the door when he left home.
When you're in an extreme situation you tend to avoid facing it by getting caught up in little details. Like a guy who's decided to commit suicide and boards a train only to become obsessed with whether he remembered to lock the door when he left home.
Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
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- Ryū Murakami
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- Approximate author period: c. 1952 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Ryū Murakami: documented birth year 1952; activity date not established. Wikidata Q380265, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380265 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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