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By haley101 DIAMOND
Windsor, Connecticut

I want to trace the walls, dear, so I can taste hope again.   Last night you reminded me, of how twisted I have become, how my nerves have been sever...
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver


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By Grace_Sowyrda PLATINUM
Medfield, Massachusetts
Grace_Sowyrda PLATINUM, Medfield, Massachusetts
35 articles 6 photos 9 comments
Silence_of_the_me BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
i cant drown my demons they know how to swim or i need you like a boy needs his mommas side.... this is not what it is only baby scars

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By Aj.Neuhardt GOLD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Aj.Neuhardt GOLD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Come walk with me and help me cause trouble

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By Khushi BRONZE
Nagpur, Indiana
Khushi BRONZE, Nagpur, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By RynKep SILVER
Bloomington, Indiana
RynKep SILVER, Bloomington, Indiana
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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By brainyberries BRONZE
Pacoima, California
brainyberries BRONZE, Pacoima, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. - Charlotte Bront&euml;, Jane Eyre

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By Ms.Grossi PLATINUM
Malden, Massachusetts
Ms.Grossi PLATINUM, Malden, Massachusetts
25 articles 2 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I wasn&#039;t an actor, I would have been a secret agent.&quot; - Thornton Wilder

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By CountryPopGirl PLATINUM
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
CountryPopGirl PLATINUM, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
38 articles 16 photos 64 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that&#039;s the sad truth. Maybe they&#039;ll break your heart, maybe you&#039;ll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. The thought of losing so much control over personal happiness is unbearable. That&#039;s the burden. Like wings, they have weight, we feel that weight on our backs, but they are a burden that lifts us. Burdens which allow us to fly...&quot;<br /> -Dr. Jack Hodgins (Bones)

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By Didi.O BRONZE
Vancouver, BC, Other
Didi.O BRONZE, Vancouver, BC, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;To be nobody but <br /> yourself in a world <br /> which is doing its best day and night to make you like <br /> everybody else means to fight the hardest battle <br /> which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.&rdquo; <br /> ― E.E. Cummings