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#1981voted by our readers
By rachelcohan BRONZE
Holbrook, Massachusetts

They tell you your weight doesn’t matter That a number is an arbitrary way to determine your worth But as you will learn The value of gold is determined by its mass A gir...
rachelcohan BRONZE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#1982 Poetry
By WolvesRain ELITE
Walton, Kentucky
WolvesRain ELITE, Walton, Kentucky
117 articles 1 photo 190 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works." Virginia Wolf

#1983 Poetry
By Seraphina05 GOLD
Islamabad, Other
Seraphina05 GOLD, Islamabad, Other
14 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Your past doesn't need you<br /> Your Future does

#1984 Poetry
By sidney-lynn BRONZE
Fort Wayne, Indiana
sidney-lynn BRONZE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” <br /> ― Friedrich Nietzsche

FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

#1986 Poetry
By coffeeaddict-05 GOLD
Woodland Park, Colorado
coffeeaddict-05 GOLD, Woodland Park, Colorado
15 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't compare yourself to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when the time is right.

#1987 Poetry
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

#1988 Poetry
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#1989 Poetry
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#1990 Poetry
exisentialismishumanism BRONZE, Woodstock, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”<br /> ― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis