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By JossyRose DIAMOND
Tampa, Florida

A small, brown caterpillar No charm or strength Sat on a dried leaf Pondering "I'm not pretty," he sobbed "I have no worth!" So the sad caterpillar w...
JossyRose DIAMOND, Tampa, Florida
76 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Go ahead, judge me. Just remember to be perfect the rest of your life.


Poetry
By JossyRose DIAMOND
Tampa, Florida
JossyRose DIAMOND, Tampa, Florida
76 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Go ahead, judge me. Just remember to be perfect the rest of your life.

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By AmberCrocker PLATINUM
Fall River, Massachusetts
AmberCrocker PLATINUM, Fall River, Massachusetts
25 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Fire is catching! And if we burn, you burn with us!" Katniss Everdeen from Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

booklover303 SILVER, Morgan Hill,
8 articles 5 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
"School days are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency." -Henry Louis Mencken

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By Anna45 SILVER
Allentown, New Jersey
Anna45 SILVER, Allentown, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of the shot, even as I begged silently-please not him, not him and Johnny both-I knew he would be dead, because Dally Wintson wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted

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By TansyMonster BRONZE
Rockford, Illinois
TansyMonster BRONZE, Rockford, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By CarlyRae GOLD
Cambridge, Maryland
CarlyRae GOLD, Cambridge, Maryland
13 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
We all carry these things inside us that no one else can see; they hold us down like anchors, they drown us out at sea.

Pyrophoric PLATINUM, Ankeny, Iowa
37 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" -T.S. Eliot

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By Anonymous
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By 343shernandez SILVER
El Cajon, California
343shernandez SILVER, El Cajon, California
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Time and effort and sweat don&#039;t betray you.<br /> Only a loser will put the blame on bad luck.<br /> &quot;Miracle&quot; is another word for hard work.