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#271511voted by our readers
By Anonymous

Do you remember, when we'd stay up all night talking, only to fall asleep in school? Do you remember, When we'd share our affections, instead of giving empty sta...

#271512 Poetry
ihatesouvenirstores GOLD, Galax, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Never let your fears decide your fate."- awolnation

#271513 Poetry
nebraskagirl2178 SILVER, Cresco, Iowa
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Hope is a waking dream.~Aristotle

#271514 Poetry
destroythesoul GOLD, Orlando, Florida
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Whatever happened to chivalry? Does it only exist in 80's movies? I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. I wanna ride off on a lawnmower with Patrick Dempsey. I want Jake from Sixteen Candles waiting outside the church for me. I want Judd Nelson thrusting his fist into the air because he knows he got me. Just once I want my life to be like an 80's movie, preferably one with a really awesome musical number for no apparent reason. But no, no, John Hughes did not direct my life."

#271515 Poetry
By JK.8700 SILVER
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JK.8700 SILVER, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s so difficult to fight what you can&#039;t control and right now I can&#039;t even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark.&quot;<br /> -- &quot;Unravel Me (Shatter Me book 2),&quot; Tahereh Mafi

#271516 Poetry
By Anonymous
#271517 Poetry
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#271518 Poetry
By Kimmieone GOLD
Solingen, Florida
Kimmieone GOLD, Solingen, Florida
12 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
There&#039;s a little truth in every JK.<br /> There&#039;s a little curiousity in every JW.<br /> There&#039;s a little knowledge in every IDK.<br /> There&#039;s a little emotion in every IDC.<br /> <br /> Tell them to look up.<br /> Tell them to remember the stars.

#271519 Poetry
By justkasey SILVER
Oak Grove, Missouri
justkasey SILVER, Oak Grove, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss, consume.&quot; -William Shakespere (Romeo and Juliet)

#271520 Poetry
By ashlynmarie BRONZE
Jupiter, Florida
ashlynmarie BRONZE, Jupiter, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it&#039;s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life&#039;s realities. <br /> Theodore Geisel