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By Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM
Medford, Oregon

Delicately, her fingers graze the piano keys, floating from note to note. Her nail polish is chipped at the tips. So much for that twelve dollar manicure. Around her nails are...
Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.


Gigantron GOLD, Somewhere, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority (imposed dogma, faith), [as opposed to] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Stephen Hawking

#372203 Poetry
YolandaK GOLD, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
My six word memoir: &quot;I can&#039;t be everything you expect.&quot;

#372204 Poetry
By kissingdarkness SILVER
Mill Creek, Oklahoma
kissingdarkness SILVER, Mill Creek, Oklahoma
7 articles 0 photos 64 comments

Favorite Quote:
lets see............ be yourself

#372205 Poetry
By BuzzLightyear BRONZE
CHICAGO, Illinois
BuzzLightyear BRONZE, CHICAGO, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#372206 Poetry
By Mckay ELITE
Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

#372207 Poetry
By LeahStoddard SILVER
Saratoga Springs, Utah
LeahStoddard SILVER, Saratoga Springs, Utah
6 articles 13 photos 10 comments
#372208 Poetry
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#372210 Poetry
By AgentOrange789 GOLD
Friendswood, Texas
AgentOrange789 GOLD, Friendswood, Texas
16 articles 0 photos 59 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s a saying they have, that a man has a false heart in his mouth for the world to see, another in his breast to show to his special friends and his family, and the real one, the true one, the secret one, which is never known to anyone except to himself alone, hidden only God knows where.&quot;<br /> -James Clavell, &quot;Shogun&quot;