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Why I Run
By lifeaccordingtoawallflower BRONZE
Somewhere, Indiana

All runners experience the feeling; Spikes toe the line, stomachs begin to drop. Doubts begin to rise, minds begin reeling, "Why do I do this, why don't I just stop?&q...
lifeaccordingtoawallflower BRONZE, Somewhere, Indiana
4 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
“So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there."

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What Happened?
By GraceCatherine8 GOLD
Warner Robins, Georgia
GraceCatherine8 GOLD, Warner Robins, Georgia
16 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The poet&#039;s job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.&rdquo; <br /> ― JaneKenyon

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Empathy
By GabrielMeroli GOLD
Sabana Grande, Other
GabrielMeroli GOLD, Sabana Grande, Other
16 articles 5 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
My love life is a mess; It&#039;s like a puzzle piece that doesn&#039;t fit no where. - by: Gabriel Meroli

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automaton
By Mckay ELITE
Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

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Between the Broken Bits of Earth
By Skyset GOLD
Goddard, Kansas
Skyset GOLD, Goddard, Kansas
13 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Use what talents you possess. The Woods would be very quiet if no birds sang there except those that sang best.&quot;<br /> --Henry Van Dyke

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Painful Confession
By RainWashed PLATINUM
Park City, Utah
RainWashed PLATINUM, Park City, Utah
46 articles 1 photo 86 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Repeat the good and the bad. Do it all again. And pile on the years.&quot;

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Little Sister
By EPluribusUnum DIAMOND
Woodbine, Maryland
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

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Knowing
By ephemeral GOLD
Park City, Utah
ephemeral GOLD, Park City, Utah
17 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All that is gold does not glitter/Not all those who wander are lost/The old that is strong does not wither/Deep roots are not reached by the frost&quot;

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Love/Hate
By Angelica1 SILVER
Hardeeville, South Carolina
Angelica1 SILVER, Hardeeville, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments
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The To-Do List
By wordnerd54 SILVER
Sparta, New Jersey
wordnerd54 SILVER, Sparta, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.&quot; ~E.L. Doctorow

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