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By alisaysroar GOLD
N. Kingstown, Rhode Island

Would it be selfish if I sat here for a few minutes to tell you every single thing I could possibly want? Would it be selfish to keep it in? Would it be selfish if I didn't te...
alisaysroar GOLD, N. Kingstown, Rhode Island
13 articles 4 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Weighed down under the shallow sunrise, the radiance seeping through my aqua ceiling, and reminding me that I chased my own demise--we've all constructed our own ends with the illusions of beginnings."


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TheRach13 BRONZE, Floyd Knobs, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Brewhit SILVER
Tamaroa, Illinois
Brewhit SILVER, Tamaroa, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 8 comments
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By Michael Simmons BRONZE
New York Ny, New York
Michael Simmons BRONZE, New York Ny, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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LillianAnna BRONZE, Gardiner, Maine
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It may not be my day, but It's going to be my year.

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By EunisaLacey BRONZE
Phoenix, Arizona
EunisaLacey BRONZE, Phoenix, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Me22895 DIAMOND, Azle, Texas
77 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

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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

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transparantspirit434 PLATINUM, Farmington, New Mexico
40 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. -Hebrews 13:5

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By GwenAviles BRONZE
BROOKLYN, New York
GwenAviles BRONZE, BROOKLYN, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you hear a voice within you say &quot;you cannot paint,&quot; then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ~Vincent Van Gogh