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By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

I just want to be a Tree. I want to steal my heartbeat from the grass, Spread my branches so far they crack the blistered streets, And create oxygen for the creatures of the...
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks


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By Gracious PLATINUM
Go Away, Kansas
Gracious PLATINUM, Go Away, Kansas
22 articles 0 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life sucks and then you die, yeah, i should be so lucky&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Jacob, Twilight<br /> <br /> I&rsquo;m still that girl who falls when she runs, Getting back up, because falling is fun.

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By freakycatlover DIAMOND
Antrim, New Hampshire
freakycatlover DIAMOND, Antrim, New Hampshire
95 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know?&quot;

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By waywithwords GOLD
Forest Hill, Maryland
waywithwords GOLD, Forest Hill, Maryland
16 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
~~Isn&#039;t it funny how the most important things in life aren&#039;t things?~~

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By Anonymous
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By Babybearcub PLATINUM
West Linn, Oregon
Babybearcub PLATINUM, West Linn, Oregon
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line&quot; -Oscar Levant<br /> <br /> &quot;You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.&quot; -Winston Churchill

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By Chandore BRONZE
Spooner, Wisconsin
Chandore BRONZE, Spooner, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.&quot; - Albert Einstein

OdysseyChild PLATINUM, Clermont, Florida
32 articles 3 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am a citizen of the world, an a student of the universe.

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By Ackroyd BRONZE
Union City, California
Ackroyd BRONZE, Union City, California
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Poetry
By Accidental_Ashlee GOLD
Belleville, Michigan
Accidental_Ashlee GOLD, Belleville, Michigan
15 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The advice to &#039;hold on to your dreams&#039; is all well and good, but there comes a point when holding on to your dreams becomes unhelpful and even unhealthy. life can pass you by while you are clinging on to a wish that can never be - or ought never to be fulfilled. Your deepest yearning is for something impossible Desperately sad though it is that you have been deprived of your dreams, know that siting and gazing on a vision of what you can never have, will only damage you and your heart.&quot;