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By Vespa PLATINUM
Portland, Oregon

It felt like my chest was having a jackhammer plow through it. Like I'd swallowed acid and it was eating me from the inside out. My actual being was crumbling, crumbling like...
Vespa PLATINUM, Portland, Oregon
21 articles 4 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. <br /> ~Leonardo Da Vinci


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By Ariel_Berrot DIAMOND
Lansing, Michigan
Ariel_Berrot DIAMOND, Lansing, Michigan
52 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Like men we&#039;ll face the murderous, cowardly pack, pressed to the wall--Dying but fighting back.&quot; -Claude Mckay

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DixieWhisperer BRONZE, Hastings, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Truth is nothing but perception, and no two people ever perceive truth as the same thing. Therefore, there is no such thing as an absolute truth.

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youaintgotnopancakemix SILVER, Danbury, Connecticut
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By xLoveM3Notx BRONZE
Rock Island, Illinois
xLoveM3Notx BRONZE, Rock Island, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The Causes of the event is usually more interesting then the event itself&quot;

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By spow10 SILVER
Plano, Texas
spow10 SILVER, Plano, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Litidiot BRONZE
Holland, Michigan
Litidiot BRONZE, Holland, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

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By caspertheFREAK BRONZE
Raleigh, North Carolina
caspertheFREAK BRONZE, Raleigh, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By MonroeKay BRONZE
Lewiston, New York
MonroeKay BRONZE, Lewiston, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
You never know how strong you are, until it&#039;s your only choice.