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By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida

You’re having surgery tomorrow, Letting them plump your lips with lies and fill your face With feinted praise, And all the while you’ll console yourself Again and again: “I’ll...
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

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&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green


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By haley101 DIAMOND
Windsor, Connecticut
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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By MollyLMG BRONZE
Berkeley, California
MollyLMG BRONZE, Berkeley, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments the scroll.<br /> I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.&quot;

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By Roiel SILVER
YouMayneverknow, Oklahoma
Roiel SILVER, YouMayneverknow, Oklahoma
9 articles 13 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
I believe that you should never feel compelled to explain yourself if you know your telling the truth.

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By MattMattHatter PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
MattMattHatter PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. &quot;<br /> Thomas Gray

Poetry
By MattMattHatter PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
MattMattHatter PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. &quot;<br /> Thomas Gray

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By OneProzacADay PLATINUM
State College, Pennsylvania
OneProzacADay PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
37 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are the universe expressing itself as human for a little while.&quot; -Eckhart Tolle

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By BruceK GOLD
San Jose, California
BruceK GOLD, San Jose, California
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments
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By LexxRose SILVER
Fargo, North Dakota
LexxRose SILVER, Fargo, North Dakota
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s not gonna easy. It&#039;s gonna really hard. We&#039;re gonna to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day...&quot;<br /> -Noah, The Notebook-

Myvoice4change SILVER, Other, Other
9 articles 3 photos 164 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything will be ok in the end. If it&#039;s not okay, it&#039;s not the end.&quot;