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By Anonymous

Down by the river, I sit there dreaming, Waiting so patiently and alone for him. As crystal clear water goes streaming, And the light of the sun leisurely dims. The sky col...

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By drowning-in-sorrow GOLD
Randallstown, Maryland
drowning-in-sorrow GOLD, Randallstown, Maryland
16 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't make someone a priority if they only make you an option.

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By FluffeeKittee SILVER
Birmingham, Alabama
FluffeeKittee SILVER, Birmingham, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes I wish you would pay closer attention to my favorite songs, because the words they sing are the words I'm too afraid to say" -- anonymous.

vampiresrock GOLD, Cornish, New Hampshire
12 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
When life gives you oranges, make grape juice and sit back and let the world wounder how the hell you just did that.

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By sarliati BRONZE
Haslett, Michigan
sarliati BRONZE, Haslett, Michigan
2 articles 8 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go. Things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

SoaringToEdensPhantomHome SILVER, Erie, Pennsylvania
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory." -Andre Breton

ShesInMyDreams6 SILVER, Toledo, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is always something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person." -Mister Rogers

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By whisperingofdawn GOLD
Colorado City, Arizona
whisperingofdawn GOLD, Colorado City, Arizona
17 articles 12 photos 87 comments
ericchristmas12 SILVER, Laurel, Maryland
6 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If everyone practised being themselves, instead of pretending to be what they aren't, there would be peace." -- John Lennon