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#276391voted by our readers
By Anonymous

You can't tell yourself you're happy if you're not. It's like trying to tell yourself that it's gorgeously sunny outside when it's actually raining...

#276392 Poetry
By Lucylu12 SILVER
Morristown, New Jersey
Lucylu12 SILVER, Morristown, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#276393 Poetry
By ms.nerdalicious GOLD
Orlando, Florida
ms.nerdalicious GOLD, Orlando, Florida
16 articles 1 photo 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A bird doesn&#039;t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Maya Angelou

#276394 Poetry
Angelnamedlenor98 SILVER, London, Other
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#276395 Poetry
By Tanvi123 BRONZE
Gurgaon, Other
Tanvi123 BRONZE, Gurgaon, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
ink_siren BRONZE, Hopewell, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Edgar Allan Poe

#276397 Poetry
By RebelliousFate GOLD
Henderson, Nevada
RebelliousFate GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
15 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won&#039;t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.&quot; -Bette Mier

#276398 Poetry
writertoday SILVER, Eagle, Idaho
7 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.&quot; -Oscar Wilde

#276399 Poetry
#276400 Poetry
By Anonymous