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#186731voted by our readers
By FabioCabrera BRONZE
Miami, Florida

If you would longingly call out my name, I would never hurt you. I’d hold you close for days and days, until the full moon waned. I would count every freckle on your nose. I’d...
FabioCabrera BRONZE, Miami, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#186732 Poetry
By SeraphineThePoet SILVER
South Hadley, Massachusetts
SeraphineThePoet SILVER, South Hadley, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.”

#186733 Poetry
By AmberB BRONZE
LeRoy, Illinois
AmberB BRONZE, LeRoy, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." -Walter Bagehot

#186734 Poetry
By moreno951 BRONZE
Hemet, California
moreno951 BRONZE, Hemet, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#186735 Poetry
By Jdcazes BRONZE
New City, New York
Jdcazes BRONZE, New City, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#186736 Poetry
By Anonymous
#186737 Poetry
By SimplyRachel PLATINUM
Charlotte, North Carolina
SimplyRachel PLATINUM, Charlotte, North Carolina
48 articles 6 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift, that&#039;s why we call it the present.&quot;<br /> ~Unknown<br /> &quot;Things change, friends leave, and life doesn&#039;t stop for anybody.&quot;<br /> ~Stepgen Chbosky

#186738 Poetry
By josegarza GOLD
Mission, Texas
josegarza GOLD, Mission, Texas
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We were born to die but in the process i will make it the happiest death of all

#186739 Poetry
By leahhabeybaby PLATINUM
San Diego, California
leahhabeybaby PLATINUM, San Diego, California
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&rdquo;

#186740 Poetry
By dpowell3543 PLATINUM
Topeka, Kansas
dpowell3543 PLATINUM, Topeka, Kansas
24 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you&#039;re not willing to die for the ones you love, your life isn&#039;t worth living at all.