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By kohakus SILVER
Ajax, Other

A tiger perched inside my chest, teeth bared, claws out, ready for the kill. As I stood before the mirror naked, I looked: Foreign, Strange, Flawed. My hair, a she...
kohakus SILVER, Ajax, Other
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

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&quot;Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill.&quot;<br /> -Edmund Morrison


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By TeresaJeanC DIAMOND
Sebastpol, California
TeresaJeanC DIAMOND, Sebastpol, California
63 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I hope the exit will be joyful, and I hope never to return&quot; -Frida Kahlo

thecrystalbudz PLATINUM, Cincinnati, Ohio
20 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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By thecrystalbudz PLATINUM
Cincinnati, Ohio
thecrystalbudz PLATINUM, Cincinnati, Ohio
20 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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By push4ice SILVER
Schaumburg, Illinois
push4ice SILVER, Schaumburg, Illinois
8 articles 0 photos 3 comments
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By Bae12 GOLD
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Bae12 GOLD, Denham Springs, Louisiana
11 articles 4 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
don\&#039;t sell yourself so short

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By MercedesXO DIAMOND
South Easton, Massachusetts
MercedesXO DIAMOND, South Easton, Massachusetts
52 articles 0 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I realize that life is risks. It&#039;s acknowledging the past but looking forward. It&#039;s taking chances that we will make mistakes but believeing we all deserve to be forgiven.&quot; <br /> -The Dead Tossed Waves.

Drizzle29 SILVER, Norwalk, Connecticut
6 articles 0 photos 27 comments

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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exup&eacute;ry, Wind, Sand and Stars, 1939, translated from French by Lewis Galanti&egrave;re

fragileblackorchid SILVER, Houston, Texas
7 articles 82 photos 171 comments

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People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk. <br /> -Stephen King :P<br /> The trust of the innocent is the liar&#039;s most useful tool. <br /> -Stephen King<br /> Now that we&#039;re here, <br /> It&#039;s so far away <br /> All the struggle we thought was in vain <br /> All the mistakes, <br /> One life contained <br /> They all finally start to go away <br /> Now that we&#039;re here its so far away <br /> And I feel like I can face the day <br /> I can forgive and I&rsquo;m not ashamed to be the person that I am today

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By archon GOLD
Mandeville, Louisiana
archon GOLD, Mandeville, Louisiana
10 articles 0 photos 39 comments