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By Poet27 SILVER
East Peoria, Illinois

Normality is an illusion, One that we create, Don´t we ever notice, How hard it is to be okay, How we are told one thing, Yet we are still forced to live another, The thoug...
Poet27 SILVER, East Peoria, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
¨Wicked people never have time for reading. It´s one of their reasons for wickedness.¨ Lemony Snicket


#270392 Poetry
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place

#270393 Poetry
By Frog-Prince PLATINUM
Lakeside, California
Frog-Prince PLATINUM, Lakeside, California
33 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it&quot;

#270394 Poetry
By Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
79 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;re a great wizard, Harry.&quot;<br /> &quot;Not as good as you.&quot;<br /> &quot;Me?! Books! And cleverness! There are more important things, Harry--friendship, and bravery, and--oh, Harry, just be careful.&quot;

#270395 Poetry
By Writers_Soul SILVER
Lake, Michigan
Writers_Soul SILVER, Lake, Michigan
7 articles 5 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
There are so many that I can&#039;t choose one :P

#270396 Poetry
CynthiaFeathers ELITE, Frisco, Texas
124 articles 42 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
He who is bound to a star does not turn back.<br /> Leonardo Di Vinci<br /> <br /> You see I&#039;m a bit of a poet, and you did not know it! What!?<br /> ~Sir Percy Blakeney

#270397 Poetry
By Jordan Cooley BRONZE
League City, Texas
Jordan Cooley BRONZE, League City, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#270398 Poetry
By _SoftSpot_ GOLD
Seabeck, Washington
_SoftSpot_ GOLD, Seabeck, Washington
18 articles 15 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I reject your reality, and substitute my own!&quot; ~Adam Savage, Mythbusters<br /> <br /> &quot;Dude, I heard he ate a bed!&quot; &quot;...Was he French?&quot; &quot;I.. w-what?&quot; ~Steve &amp; Tango, TAPS

#270399 Poetry
By Tweet BRONZE
Landover, Maryland
Tweet BRONZE, Landover, Maryland
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;stop suckin me mane&quot;

#270400 Poetry
By Anonymous