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It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again. It was what you couldn't see, those tiniest of pieces, that were lost in the severing, and their absence kept everything from being complete. – Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye https://www.amandarowewrites.com/blog-1/2019/7/21/days-like-this monthly 0.5 2020-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b37b0835417fc3deee0cae7/1563227869553-VAU09S5INH0XP30JWZ72/days+like+this.jpg Blog - Days Like This The artist is a strange being. I think it’s safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that is partly a blessing and partly a curse. An artist enjoys and suffers from isolation. As solitude, isolation can nurture. 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