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The Blue Umbrella MAG
By PenguinFeet GOLD
Bellevue, Washington

Rain has personalities; today it flops limply to the sidewalk as if the trip from the cloud to the ground is immeasurably exhausting. I stomp up the hill with my sister, holding my...
PenguinFeet GOLD, Bellevue, Washington
19 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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"Yeah, well, who but the mad would choose to keep on living? In the end, aren't we all just a little crazy?" - Dulcie, in Libba Bray's Going Bovine

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Size Doesn't Matter
By Bballgrrl SILVER
Loveland, Ohio
Bballgrrl SILVER, Loveland, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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Success is not measured by what you accomplished but the oppostion you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.&nbsp;<br /> -Orison Swett Marden

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A Night Spent Stargazing
By Thesilentraven PLATINUM
Mableton, Georgia
Thesilentraven PLATINUM, Mableton, Georgia
40 articles 2 photos 1632 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;il piu nell&#039; uno,&quot; (according to Emerson, an Italian expression for beauty)<br /> <br /> &quot;Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality&quot; ~Emily Dickinson<br /> <br /> &quot;The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain&quot; <br /> ~Kahlil Gibran

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Lessons from Knitting, Broken Cameras, and Nail Polish
By JennieSmile11 GOLD
Bridgman, Michigan
JennieSmile11 GOLD, Bridgman, Michigan
12 articles 2 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dream until your dreams come truth.<br /> <br /> Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.<br /> <br /> Christians aren&#039;t perfect, just forgiven

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Call of the Monster
By Anonymous
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You're Not My Best Friend
By MilesToTravel BRONZE
Homedale, Idaho
MilesToTravel BRONZE, Homedale, Idaho
4 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
May the odds be EVER in your favor- Effie Trinket

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Hear the Sound of Hope
By RaeLynn BRONZE
Carmel, Indiana
RaeLynn BRONZE, Carmel, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.<br /> - Henry Drummond

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Stop Worrying
By Ellawind PLATINUM
Seattle, Washington
Ellawind PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
40 articles 0 photos 77 comments

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What doesn&#039;t kill you only makes you stronger.<br /> <br /> Don&#039;t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.<br /> <br /> Dream like you will live forever, live like you will die today.

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Addiction and Recovery
By Anonymous
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Waiting My Turn
By Anonymous