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#289231voted by our readers
By Nmichaels BRONZE
East Northport, New York

Why? Why do we have to hate? When we can love Why do we have to fight? When we can speak Why do we have to lie? When we can tell the truth Why do we have to give up? When w...
Nmichaels BRONZE, East Northport, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#289232 Poetry
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#289233 Poetry
By serenitystar BRONZE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
serenitystar BRONZE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
No matter what you're going through, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you'll find the positive things. -Demi Lovato

#289234 Poetry
ATroubledWriter BRONZE, Pace, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The words you can’t find, you borrow. We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone. My life is in these books, he wants to tell her. Read these and know my heart. We are not quite novels. The analogy he is looking for is almost there. We are not quite short stories. At this point, his life is seeming closest to that. In the end, we are collected works.” ― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

#289235 Poetry
By Youngdreamer SILVER
Woodland Hills, California
Youngdreamer SILVER, Woodland Hills, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you in a holding your hair back kind of way"

#289236 Poetry
By RebelliousFate GOLD
Henderson, Nevada
RebelliousFate GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
15 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It'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't be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live." -Bette Mier

#289237 Poetry
By Barbie96 GOLD
Jefferson, New York
Barbie96 GOLD, Jefferson, New York
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#289238 Poetry
Kaitlynbrieann BRONZE, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Suess

#289239 Poetry
By ShadowReplica GOLD
Mustang, Oklahoma
ShadowReplica GOLD, Mustang, Oklahoma
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Don't fall in love with your own reflection."

#289240 Poetry
By DelilahKing BRONZE
Wildwood, Missouri
DelilahKing BRONZE, Wildwood, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Saving people, hunting things, the family business. - Supernatural