I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadn…

David Levithan
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I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain. ✨ David Levithan (2013). Every Day, p.37, Egmont UK
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