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By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey

If I am filled with childlike wonder, if I smile just like a newborn baby, why can’t I be cradled and held so softly as I once was? No longer congratulated for walking o...
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place


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By glovermaddi PLATINUM
Summerset, South Dakota
glovermaddi PLATINUM, Summerset, South Dakota
21 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Destruction is a form of creation.”

Poetry
By glovermaddi PLATINUM
Summerset, South Dakota
glovermaddi PLATINUM, Summerset, South Dakota
21 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Destruction is a form of creation.”

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By ela BRONZE
New York, New York
ela BRONZE, New York, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By malaika8 BRONZE
Dennison, Ohio
malaika8 BRONZE, Dennison, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By malaika8 BRONZE
Dennison, Ohio
malaika8 BRONZE, Dennison, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By EDJ53 BRONZE
New York, New York
EDJ53 BRONZE, New York, New York
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By Ace2003 GOLD
Orlando, Florida
Ace2003 GOLD, Orlando, Florida
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments