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By rundontwalk SILVER
Perth, Other

I lay here listening to Dashboard Confessional thinking, wondering. About life, about defeat, about victory. There is so much struggle in life, so much to overcome, to defeat. Ther...
rundontwalk SILVER, Perth, Other
8 articles 8 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go within and scale the depths of your being from which your very life springs forth.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Rainer Maria Rilke


PenInHand06 BRONZE, Urbana, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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&quot;I didn&#039;t pay much attention to the whistles and whoops, in fact, I didn&#039;t quite hear them. I was full of a strange feeling, as if I were two people. One of them was Norma Jeane from the orphanage who belonged to nobody; the other was someone whose name I didn&#039;t know. But I knew where she belonged; she belonged to the ocean and the sky and the whole world.&quot;<br /> Marilyn Monroe

Nonfiction
By TheNovaClytie PLATINUM
Woodhaven, Michigan
TheNovaClytie PLATINUM, Woodhaven, Michigan
30 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
If I could run away from my problems, I&#039;d probably get lost, and then new problems would find me.<br /> ~Shelby Seeley

Nonfiction
By Susana BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
Susana BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
cmeo23 BRONZE, Mesa, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By horsegirl27 GOLD
Los Angeles, California
horsegirl27 GOLD, Los Angeles, California
11 articles 5 photos 129 comments

Favorite Quote:
A dog comes when called; a cat takes a message and gets back to you

Nonfiction
Cweecune SILVER, Manvel, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The greatest thing you&#039;ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.&quot;

Nonfiction
By kaitlinrose BRONZE
Spring, Texas
kaitlinrose BRONZE, Spring, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By desiderata BRONZE
Atlanta, Georgia
desiderata BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
It is not what you call me, but what I answer to. -African proverb

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AshleySteve GOLD, Kolkata, Other
10 articles 8 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Try hard until you succeed and never give up at once &#039;cause one day you&#039;ll definitely reach your goal...!!!