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Fortune Cookie Dreams MAG
By roshnisethi BRONZE
Plainview, New York

Sometimes I take my life and mold it, shape it like old, cracked Play-Doh, trying to fit it into the clandestine reams of paper that hide in fortune cookies. I am dying to ma...
roshnisethi BRONZE, Plainview, New York
4 articles 1 photo 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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When I'm Not Loving You
By Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND
Beverly, Massachusetts
Zoe-22-Turner DIAMOND, Beverly, Massachusetts
99 articles 33 photos 91 comments
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The mockingbird
By prettyinpiink GOLD
Houston, Texas
prettyinpiink GOLD, Houston, Texas
17 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."

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Spin Your Pretty Little Lies, My Dear
By Smalltownlibrarian SILVER
West Warren, Massachusetts
Smalltownlibrarian SILVER, West Warren, Massachusetts
6 articles 6 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague."~Eleanor Crumblehulme

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The Calm After a Storm
By MaggieElaine GOLD
Los Alamos, California
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
11 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,<br /> like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.<br /> And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.<br /> And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time.&quot; - Bright Eyes

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Come, Hope
By Blue4indigo PLATINUM
Sturbridge, Connecticut
Blue4indigo PLATINUM, Sturbridge, Connecticut
24 articles 0 photos 382 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather be sorry for something that I did than for something I didn&#039;t do.<br /> -Red Scott

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Sunrise
By Anonymous
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Friends
By Aaka131 SILVER
Dunbar, Pennsylvania
Aaka131 SILVER, Dunbar, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.&quot; -Dr. Seuss

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Broken Soul
By SilentlyRising GOLD
Decatur, Georgia
SilentlyRising GOLD, Decatur, Georgia
13 articles 0 photos 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My pen is the barrel of the gun. Remind me which side you should be on.&quot;

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Writing Worlds, While Building Dreams
By recurring_resilience SILVER
Ashburn, Virginia
recurring_resilience SILVER, Ashburn, Virginia
9 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;These are the times that try men&#039;s souls.&quot; - Thomas Paine.<br /> <br /> &quot;You don&#039;t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could&#039;ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.&quot; - On the Water Front<br /> <br /> &quot;This is my place of failure.&quot;

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