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By kag1787 GOLD
Granby, Connecticut

I must become a borrower of the night, because dreams only bring me sorrow. A flight at dusk will hold my trust, stars light my way to freedom. The waxy moon ticks like a bomb...
kag1787 GOLD, Granby, Connecticut
14 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
i&#039;d rather be hated for who i am than loved for who i&#039;m not- kurt cobain<br /> <br /> these violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume -Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare


feruspiuslupus GOLD, Bradenton, Florida
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.&quot;-Kalu Rinpoche

#8213 Poetry
By Meliz PLATINUM
Handforth, Other
Meliz PLATINUM, Handforth, Other
20 articles 2 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
One second you can conquer the world and suddenly you have never felt so low<br /> .<br /> When you&#039;re surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you&#039;re by yourself.

#8214 Poetry
By Ink_On_Paper GOLD
King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Ink_On_Paper GOLD, King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
19 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It&#039;s knowing you&#039;re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.&rdquo; - As spoken by Atticus Finch, Harper Lee.

#8215 Poetry
By InkedQuill BRONZE
Champaign, Illinois
InkedQuill BRONZE, Champaign, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#8216 Poetry
By qekelly1 GOLD
Wayne, New Jersey
qekelly1 GOLD, Wayne, New Jersey
16 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
if you do what uve always done, you&#039;ll always get what youve always gotten

#8217 Poetry
By palinsdrome BRONZE
Covington, Louisiana
palinsdrome BRONZE, Covington, Louisiana
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#8218 Poetry
By cj.says.whaat GOLD
Englewood, New Jersey
cj.says.whaat GOLD, Englewood, New Jersey
18 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s so much easier to fake a smile than to say what&#039;s wrong, but it&#039;s still hard to do&quot; - Me

#8219 Poetry
By LestyPatrick PLATINUM
Darlington, South Carolina
LestyPatrick PLATINUM, Darlington, South Carolina
43 articles 5 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and very fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid&quot;John Keats

#8220 Poetry
By gabby9982 SILVER
Darien, Illinois
gabby9982 SILVER, Darien, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;At the end of the game king and the pawn go into the same box.&quot;- Italian Proverb