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Life is a Book

September 24, 2009
By AlwaysWrite28 DIAMOND, Flushing, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"What makes a flower a flower? And why doesn't the dandelion qualify?" -From my poem "Dandelions"

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Life is like a book, the prologue is those months, where the world anticipates your arrival. Then every day you live is another page, every year another chapter. When you die, they read the epilogue over a cappuccino, praying for a sequel.

© Christy S., Germantown, NY

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naturegirl92 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 5 2009 at 8:48 pm
naturegirl92 BRONZE, Middleburg, Florida
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." --Ralf Waldo Emerson

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wow, that is really cool. I love the metaphor. If you can try to extend it but don't try to hard, because if you force it you will mess it up. But I love it