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#4791voted by our readers
By brightblue. GOLD
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Caught ten seconds past boredom on a slumdog rainy day Think I'll whittle away the hours Making faces at the ceiling Think I'll race the clocks and hold my breath and...
brightblue. GOLD, Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Many things - such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly - are done worst when we try hardest to do them.&quot;<br /> - C.S. Lewis


#4792 Poetry
By sneha14 GOLD
Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
sneha14 GOLD, Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Becoming fearless isn&#039;t the point. That&#039;s impossible. It&#039;s learning how to control your fear and how to be free from it. That&#039;s the point.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - FOUR, DIVERGENT

#4793 Poetry
By AriBellaa SILVER
Kingstown, Other
AriBellaa SILVER, Kingstown, Other
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s Only Hard Work That Leads Unto Success

#4794 Poetry
WrittenEmotions PLATINUM, Fairhope, Alabama
32 articles 0 photos 209 comments

Favorite Quote:
The only people who don&#039;t get anywhere are the people who don&#039;t dream of a better place for themselves...

#4795 Poetry
By LaurenBeard GOLD
Leesburg, Virginia
LaurenBeard GOLD, Leesburg, Virginia
16 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.&rdquo;<br /> -Jack London

#4796 Poetry
AngelOnTheATeam PLATINUM, Mountain Home, Arkansas
23 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No One Ever Gets To Know What Could Have Been.&quot;

#4797 Poetry
By mademan BRONZE
Double Oak, Texas
mademan BRONZE, Double Oak, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#4798 Poetry
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#4799 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#4800 Poetry
By osahon BRONZE
Huntersville, North Carolina
osahon BRONZE, Huntersville, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;hardwork beats talent when talent doesn&#039;t work hard.&quot;