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#259931voted by our readers
By 5harris PLATINUM
Sussex, Wisconsin

Try harder, they said, try less, they said. Which one is it? I never understood why they believe such hateful things, or why they think them in the first place. Honestly, I wish I...
5harris PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
33 articles 19 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You Are Your Home"<br /> -Erin Hansen


#259932 Poetry
By Anonymous
#259933 Poetry
By Anonymous
Kelsey.Harris BRONZE, Jasper, Tennessee
4 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If I cannot move Heaven, then I will raise Hell.&quot;

#259935 Poetry
By akwolfchick SILVER
Anchorage, Alaska
akwolfchick SILVER, Anchorage, Alaska
6 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Most of what people think and believe and a lot of their quotes comes from what others have said. Funny thing is is that I think I&#039;m the only one who&#039;s said this&quot;.

#259936 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

#259937 Poetry
By sarahcarp63 DIAMOND
Denver, Colorado
sarahcarp63 DIAMOND, Denver, Colorado
51 articles 2 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;The really important people in life have a way of coming back to you&#039;<br /> &#039;Good enough isn&#039;t good enough&#039;<br /> &#039;You don&#039;t have to be sick to get better&#039;<br /> &#039;Come what may and love it&#039;

#259938 Poetry
By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

#259939 Poetry
By marredbymayhem BRONZE
Cranford, New Jersey
marredbymayhem BRONZE, Cranford, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
good things fall apart so better things can fall together

#259940 Poetry
By Anonymous