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By IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM
Sacramento, California

The day that ice falls by my house Will be the day of purest joy Not such a thing could quite compare To the splendor such employs My life has too filled with heat Far too m...
IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life


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By jmitt BRONZE
Jamison, Pennsylvania
jmitt BRONZE, Jamison, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Turnover125 BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Turnover125 BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"parting from a person is sad, but a place is just a place" -Frank Herbert

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By Anonymous
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By spilled-ink BRONZE
Fishers, Indiana
spilled-ink BRONZE, Fishers, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” -Sylvia Plath

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By ClosetPoe BRONZE
Clinton, Connecticut
ClosetPoe BRONZE, Clinton, Connecticut
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes &#039;Awww!&quot;<br /> &mdash; Jack Kerouac

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By Anonymous
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By AudreyW DIAMOND
Springfield, Missouri
AudreyW DIAMOND, Springfield, Missouri
56 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live the life you&#039;ve dreamed.&quot;<br /> -Henry David Thoreau

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By MousyNona SILVER
Albany, California
MousyNona SILVER, Albany, California
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where the heck is the ceiling.