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#279871voted by our readers
By Riley Dotson BRONZE
Lawson, Missouri

This place is not for the huddled masses. This isn’t for the tired. Not for the poor. There is not breaking free. Yearn all you wish. You are trapped. And there is nobody, A...
Riley Dotson BRONZE, Lawson, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#279872 Poetry
By B.J.S. BRONZE
Honoka'a, Hawaii
B.J.S. BRONZE, Honoka'a, Hawaii
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Weep not that the world changes - did it keep<br /> A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde

#279873 Poetry
By carly17 BRONZE
Rye Brook, New York
carly17 BRONZE, Rye Brook, New York
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Wherever you go, I wish you clear skies.

#279874 Poetry
By _scintillae BRONZE
Reno, Nevada
_scintillae BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"live with your head in the lion's mouth" -ralph ellison

#279875 Poetry
By Anonymous
#279876 Poetry
By MZTHICKNESS BRONZE
Spencer, Oklahoma
MZTHICKNESS BRONZE, Spencer, Oklahoma
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
NEVER LET THE FEAR STRIKING OUT KEEP YOU FROM PLAYING THE GAME

#279877 Poetry
Hypnotic BRONZE, Ontario, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

#279878 Poetry
By bookworm246 BRONZE
Greensboro, North Carolina
bookworm246 BRONZE, Greensboro, North Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#279879 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;

#279880 Poetry
By Rysah PLATINUM
Bedford, New Hampshire
Rysah PLATINUM, Bedford, New Hampshire
25 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Can you remember who you were before the world told you who to be?"