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By blythebaird BRONZE
Palatine, Illinois

You were five years of Easter Sunday purity. Bleached innocence- you were Peru’s pearl. Five years of lavender cotton bed sheets, your petite body as stainless as where you s...
blythebaird BRONZE, Palatine, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I want to live in an honest house<br /> where the motion detector is so sharp<br /> it knows when my thoughts leave the room.<br /> <br /> I want a clap on lamp that works as a polygraph;<br /> when you swear you still love me, the lights flicker.&rdquo; <br /> ― Megan Falley


Emma.H.96 DIAMOND, Kalamazoo, Michigan
65 articles 0 photos 67 comments

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You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should&#039;ve behaved better. -Anne Lamott, from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

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By Netnel GOLD
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Netnel GOLD, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
17 articles 1 photo 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.

Still_Thinking GOLD, Hebron, Connecticut
10 articles 1 photo 8 comments

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&quot;When I said that Mercy stood<br /> Within the borders by the wood,<br /> I meant the lenient beast with claws<br /> And bloody swift-dispatching jaws.&quot;<br /> ~LAWRENCE SPINGARN

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By CrazySissi GOLD
Newman Lake, Washington
CrazySissi GOLD, Newman Lake, Washington
19 articles 10 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown and known too late.

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By maelstrom14 GOLD
Oak Habor, Washington
maelstrom14 GOLD, Oak Habor, Washington
14 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments...etc

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By steelsoprano DIAMOND
Cincinnati, Ohio
steelsoprano DIAMOND, Cincinnati, Ohio
75 articles 0 photos 47 comments
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By CrazySissi GOLD
Newman Lake, Washington
CrazySissi GOLD, Newman Lake, Washington
19 articles 10 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown and known too late.

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By SpringRayyn PLATINUM
Lakeville, Minnesota
SpringRayyn PLATINUM, Lakeville, Minnesota
34 articles 2 photos 658 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t punish yourself,&quot; she heard her say again, but there would be punishment and pain, and there would be happiness too. That was writing.&quot;<br /> --Markus Zusak, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski