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By PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM
Aberdeen, Mississippi

My eyes burn. I've cried all day. You tore my heart into jagged pieces. I can't help but ask why. You told me I was too young. It makes no sense. I love you. I...
PoetLaureate07 PLATINUM, Aberdeen, Mississippi
32 articles 0 photos 246 comments

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To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing..


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By chocolateharp SILVER
Plaistow, New Hampshire
chocolateharp SILVER, Plaistow, New Hampshire
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments

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"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something every minute of every hour of my life. Let me be gay; let me be sad. Let me be cold; let me be warm. Let me be hungry...have too much to eat. Let me be ragged or well dressed. Let me be sincere - be deceitful. Let me be truthful; let me be a liar. Let me be honorable and let me sin. Only let me be something every blessed minute. And when I sleep, let me dream all the time so that not one little piece of living is ever lost." - Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

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By Anonymous
NonsensicalMuse PLATINUM, San Anotnio, Texas
22 articles 0 photos 87 comments

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&quot;There is nothing wrong with having your head in the clouds as long as you don&#039;t get altitude sickness&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Perhaps you are right,perhaps not. I don&#039;t know 110% either way.All I know is that Im in search of truth. If you are too, let us be friends.&quot;

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By mindymax GOLD
Armona, California
mindymax GOLD, Armona, California
10 articles 0 photos 80 comments

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&quot;The whole world looked drunk, and I liked it that way.&quot; - Rebeca Godfrey, book title&quot;The Torn skirt&quot;

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By Arkham SILVER
Apple River, Illinois
Arkham SILVER, Apple River, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments
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By Arkham SILVER
Apple River, Illinois
Arkham SILVER, Apple River, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments
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By LaLaLa<3 SILVER
Sterling Heights, Michigan
LaLaLa<3 SILVER, Sterling Heights, Michigan
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.&quot; William Shakespeare

thescientistyellow GOLD, Nauvoo, Alabama
11 articles 2 photos 16 comments

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&quot;If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn&#039;t thinking.&quot; - George S. Patton

AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.