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#26371voted by our readers
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By hemingways_daughter DIAMOND
London, Other

the veins in my heart are the lines on a map and all roads lead to you.
hemingways_daughter DIAMOND, London, Other
53 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.&#039;<br /> ― Virginia Woolf, &#039;A Room of One&#039;s Own&#039;

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#26372 Poetry
I Miss You
By Aj2995 SILVER
Warrenville, Illinois
Aj2995 SILVER, Warrenville, Illinois
7 articles 7 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;i truly respect the people who stay strong even when they have every right to break down.&quot;

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#26373 Poetry
The Small Things
By gracielou25 BRONZE
Trophy Club, Texas
gracielou25 BRONZE, Trophy Club, Texas
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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#26374 Poetry
Where Caring Gets You
By Keyakyo PLATINUM
Nortonville, Kansas
Keyakyo PLATINUM, Nortonville, Kansas
34 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
People die...so love them everyday. Beauty fades...so look before it&#039;s gone. Love changes...but not the love you give. And if you love, you&#039;ll never be alone.

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#26375 Poetry
If
By Anonymous
#26376 Poetry
Just a girl
By JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND
Westerlo, New York
JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND, Westerlo, New York
61 articles 36 photos 216 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I&#039;m not&quot; <br /> &quot;Somewhere betweeen us talking, you saying I deserve better, and you making me laugh when I wanted to cry, I fell in love with you.&quot;

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#26377 Poetry
Beware
By jessicags GOLD
San Diego, California
jessicags GOLD, San Diego, California
15 articles 8 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another.&quot; Brenda Ueland

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#26378 Poetry
JS/BS
By Zobst1 GOLD
Buffalo, New York
Zobst1 GOLD, Buffalo, New York
18 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.&quot; -The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

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#26379 Poetry
Gone.
By hippiechick99 GOLD
Mesquite, Texas
hippiechick99 GOLD, Mesquite, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 224 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;... How dreary to be somebody-- How public like a frog;<br /> To tell one&#039;s name; the livelong June-- To an admiring bog&quot;<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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#26380 Poetry
down the aisle
By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We know what we are, but not what we may be&quot; - Shakespeare

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