I felt as if there were invisible threads connecting us – I felt the invisible strands of her hair still winding around me – and thus as she disappeared completely beyond the sea – I still felt it, felt the pain where my heart was bleeding – because the threads could not be severed.
— Edvard Munch Modern

The Scream

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A dramatic and symbolic description of an unbreakable emotional bond and the pain of separation.

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Early 20th Century

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