His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on …

Ernest Hemingway
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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. ✨ A Moveable Feast Scott Fitzgerald (1964)
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His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. ✨ A Moveable Feast Scott Fitzgerald (1964)

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