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September 21, 2014
By haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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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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my apparently self-effacing
altruism is what
i can no longer fathom.

I wish I’d be able to sleep,
so I could wake up with
amnesia,

maybe then
I could have
an apparently selfish
heart.

© Brian M., Fishers, IN

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TrishDestiny PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 2 2014 at 9:36 am
TrishDestiny PLATINUM, Jerantut , Pahang, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When it&#039;s over, I want to say: all my life<br /> I was a bride married to amazement.<br /> I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. <br /> <br /> When it is over, I don&#039;t want to wonder<br /> if I have made of my life something particular, and real.<br /> I don&#039;t want to find myself sighing and frightened,<br /> or full of argument. <br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to end up simply having visited this world.&rdquo;

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This is simply powerful! Nothing less. And apparently, this should be published.
haley101 DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 29 2014 at 6:20 pm
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
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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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I appreciate that, thank you. It's nice to know when people can relate.
JRaye PLATINUM said...
on Sep. 29 2014 at 10:11 am
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

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This...I have no words. Just the simplicity of this, all the meaning underneith I absolutely love and can relate to :) Wonderful peice