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#484181voted by our readers
By EmilyMichelle PLATINUM
Manassas, Virginia

You have no idea what you mean to me I could tell you but you’d never see I wish we could be more than friends And have a love that never ends But you can’t see And you don’t...
EmilyMichelle PLATINUM, Manassas, Virginia
33 articles 4 photos 90 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our truest responsibility to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find the truth.&quot;<br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle


#484182 Poetry
By JessicaRae7 GOLD
Buffalo, New York
JessicaRae7 GOLD, Buffalo, New York
14 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Music is the air we breathe.&quot; ~Molly Rae Berger<br /> &quot;Being sad is a waste of time.&quot; ~Molly Rae Berger<br /> &quot;Girls should never be afraid to be smart.&quot; - Emma Watson

#484183 Poetry
By theInfluencee BRONZE
Little Rock, Arkansas
theInfluencee BRONZE, Little Rock, Arkansas
1 article 2 photos 0 comments
#484184 Poetry
By Annneee BRONZE
Mandeville, Louisiana
Annneee BRONZE, Mandeville, Louisiana
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life isn&#039;t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.&quot; <br /> George Bernard Shaw

#484185 Poetry
By gracebrindle DIAMOND
Westfield, New Jersey
gracebrindle DIAMOND, Westfield, New Jersey
54 articles 27 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;People are screwed up in this world. I&#039;d rather be with someone screwed up and open about it than somebody perfect and ready to explode.&quot; - Ned Vizzini, It&#039;s Kind of a Funny Story

B.r.grater PLATINUM, LaPorte, Indiana
49 articles 0 photos 10 comments
#484187 Poetry
PrincessLena ELITE, Orlando, Florida
116 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be&quot; - Kurt Vonnegut

#484188 Poetry
JadeGreen BRONZE, Cameron, Wisconsin
2 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Carpe Diem&quot;<br /> &quot;O&#039; Captain, My Captain&quot;<br /> &quot;No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.&quot;

#484189 Poetry
BradJamo BRONZE, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Melancholy.Musings.of.a.Silly.Girl. PLATINUM, Islamabad, Other
21 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yeild to.&quot;- Oscar Wilde, An Ideal Husband.