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By A_Journey GOLD
Tampa, Florida

I'm holding the key, Searching desperately, For the lock. The lock that can't be seen. Hidden rooms, Hidden doors, Hidden futures. What do they hold? I...
A_Journey GOLD, Tampa, Florida
16 articles 2 photos 61 comments

Favorite Quote:
The Muse of Poetry should not know that roses in manure grow. ~The Formula, Langston Hughes<br /> You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted ties. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dirt, I rise. ~Still I Rise, Maya Angelou


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By silver_ice BRONZE
Wheelock, Texas
silver_ice BRONZE, Wheelock, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Imagination is the eye of the soul.<br /> -Joseph Joubert<br /> and<br /> Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.<br /> -Mark Twain ;P

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By Silent_Artist SILVER
Selma, North Carolina
Silent_Artist SILVER, Selma, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One day I&#039;m gonna run away and never come back and when I come back I&#039;m gonna be the knife master&quot; - Jimmy The Rev Sullivan. Not much of a deep meaning but it makes me laugh.

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By fignewton527 SILVER
West Chester, Pennsylvania
fignewton527 SILVER, West Chester, Pennsylvania
9 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
The melody is like seeing someone for the first time. The physical attraction. Sex. But then, as you get to know them that&#039;s the lyrics. Their story. Who they are underneath. Its the combination of the two that makes it magical. - Sophie Fisher

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By TiwiniS SILVER
Springfield, Massachusetts
TiwiniS SILVER, Springfield, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;You must to things that you can not do\&quot;_Eleanor Roosevelt<br /> &lrm;\&quot;I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it\&#039;s not the answer.\&quot; Jim Carrey<br /> \&quot;Love all, Trust a few, Do wrong to none\&quot; Shakespea

faceityouredone SILVER, New York, New York
5 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A mistake is simply another way of doing things.&quot;<br /> ~Katharine Graham<br /> <br /> &quot;For well you know that it&#039;s a fool who plays it cool.&quot;<br /> ~Paul McCartney<br /> <br /> &quot;Live Without Warning&quot;<br /> ~Billie Joe Armstrong<br /> <br /> &quot;Life is but a Dream for the dead:<br /> ~Gerard Way

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By LyricalBeauty GOLD
Fontana, California
LyricalBeauty GOLD, Fontana, California
14 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; &#039;I am happy&#039; that&#039;s just the saddest lie...&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence. Fear is such a weak emotion, that&#039;s why I despise it...&quot;

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By LyricalBeauty GOLD
Fontana, California
LyricalBeauty GOLD, Fontana, California
14 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; &#039;I am happy&#039; that&#039;s just the saddest lie...&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence. Fear is such a weak emotion, that&#039;s why I despise it...&quot;

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By Anonymous
JLEIGH96 GOLD, Corydon, Indiana
14 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish on its ability to climb it will live its entire life believing it is stupid. -Albert Einstein