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By AMatts BRONZE
West Deptford, New Jersey

When we sleep, it’s our one chance to escape reality. All of the drama and anxiety we face just drifts away as we do into a deep sleep. But what if, while we are sleeping, our real...
AMatts BRONZE, West Deptford, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting." - J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan)


Mayell BRONZE, Ocala, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined.&quot;<br /> -Henry David Thoreau

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By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND
Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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By Bloodprints GOLD
Bay Area, California
Bloodprints GOLD, Bay Area, California
14 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you speak to a man in a language he understands, it will go to his head. But if you speak to a man in his language, it will go to his heart.

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By aurum_angel BRONZE
Hingham, Massachusetts
aurum_angel BRONZE, Hingham, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 23 comments

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&#039;I&rsquo;m Nobody! Who are you?<br /> Are you&ndash;Nobody&ndash;Too?<br /> Then there&rsquo;s a pair of us!<br /> Don&rsquo;t tell! they&rsquo;d advertise&ndash;you know!<br /> <br /> How dreary&ndash;to be&ndash;Somebody!<br /> How public&ndash;like a Frog-<br /> To tell one&rsquo;s name&ndash;the livelong June-<br /> To an admiring Bog!&#039;<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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By matador BRONZE
Hereford, Texas
matador BRONZE, Hereford, Texas
1 article 0 photos 16 comments
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laxfhbb13 SILVER, Ijamsville, Maryland
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.&quot; Dr. Seuss