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By XdoomedtodreamX GOLD
Warwick, New York

Sitting there in the Intensive Care unit, watching my dad struggle to breathe, I felt as if the walls were caving in around me. He had eight broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken...
XdoomedtodreamX GOLD, Warwick, New York
10 articles 7 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Live life like a musical: sing your heart out, do your own little dance, and ignore all of the laughter in the audience because they're all idiots who have no idea what's really going on anyway."


Nonfiction
By SirWolfgang SILVER
Fort Collins, Colorado
SirWolfgang SILVER, Fort Collins, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The person you love and the person who loves you are never, ever the same person."

Nonfiction
By Jysithra SILVER
Jamestown, Rhode Island
Jysithra SILVER, Jamestown, Rhode Island
7 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Peace is a lie, there is only passion.<br /> Through passion I gain strength.<br /> Through strength I gain power.<br /> Through power I gain victory.<br /> Through victory my chains are broken.

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By Anonymous
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By OnyxDivine PLATINUM
Scarborough, Other
OnyxDivine PLATINUM, Scarborough, Other
22 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Take chances&quot;<br /> &quot;never regret something that made you smile&quot;<br /> &quot;Forever isn&#039;t infinity. It&#039;s the time two people spent together, be it a few seconds, five minutes, an hour, days, months, or more.&quot;

OnyxDivine PLATINUM, Scarborough, Other
22 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Take chances&quot;<br /> &quot;never regret something that made you smile&quot;<br /> &quot;Forever isn&#039;t infinity. It&#039;s the time two people spent together, be it a few seconds, five minutes, an hour, days, months, or more.&quot;

Nonfiction
By writergirl13 GOLD
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
writergirl13 GOLD, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
11 articles 8 photos 261 comments

Favorite Quote:
All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.<br /> Ambrose Bierce

Nonfiction
By adog11 BRONZE
Milford, Massachusetts
adog11 BRONZE, Milford, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By EleanorRigby PLATINUM
New York City, New York
EleanorRigby PLATINUM, New York City, New York
28 articles 3 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The optomist proclaims we live in the best of worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.&quot; - James Branch Cabell