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#308211voted by our readers
By lostandsmall SILVER
Athens, Alabama

The biggest tragedy of my life Was the day my mother enrolled me in dance classes. She didn’t understand that I wasn’t like her. I didn’t do ballet or jazz I couldn’t pirouet...
lostandsmall SILVER, Athens, Alabama
7 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Maybe our favourite quotations say more about us than the stories and people we&#039;re quoting.&quot;<br /> -Looking For Alaska- John Green-


#308212 Poetry
GirlofLightning GOLD, Basalt, Colorado
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
It&#039;s only awkward if you make it awkward.

#308213 Poetry
By gothicangel SILVER
Salem, West Virginia
gothicangel SILVER, Salem, West Virginia
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
The nail that sticks up is the nail that gets hammered down

#308214 Poetry
By Meg Clowers GOLD
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Meg Clowers GOLD, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#308215 Poetry
By Taylor Wood BRONZE
Lapeer, Michigan
Taylor Wood BRONZE, Lapeer, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#308216 Poetry
By kellymariexo BRONZE
Nope, New Mexico
kellymariexo BRONZE, Nope, New Mexico
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
you can turn off the sun but i&#039;m still gonna shine&lt;3

#308217 Poetry
By Skaia PLATINUM
Locust Grove, Georgia
Skaia PLATINUM, Locust Grove, Georgia
32 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Yet if hope has flown away, In a night or in a day, In a vision or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All we see or seem, Is but a dream within a dream. . .&quot; ~Edgar Allan Poe.

#308218 Poetry
By KateBriare BRONZE
Portland, Michigan
KateBriare BRONZE, Portland, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#308219 Poetry
By HayatC. PLATINUM
Louisville, Kentucky
HayatC. PLATINUM, Louisville, Kentucky
25 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.&quot;

#308220 Poetry
By MydnyghtMagyck BRONZE
South Jordan, Utah
MydnyghtMagyck BRONZE, South Jordan, Utah
3 articles 6 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo; If you hear a song that makes you cry and you don&#039;t want to cry anymore, you don&#039;t listen to that song anymore.<br /> But you can&#039;t get away from yourself. You can&#039;t decide not to see yourself anymore. You can&#039;t decide to turn off the noise in your head.&rdquo;<br /> ― Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why