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#377421voted by our readers
By Callaghan PLATINUM
Medford, Massachusetts

Happiness comes in many flavors like watermelon or cherry, maybe the sweet-mint of that Crest toothpaste in the bathroom Happiness comes in many harmonies like the phone r...
Callaghan PLATINUM, Medford, Massachusetts
41 articles 8 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.<br /> -Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief


#377422 Poetry
By K.Spirit PLATINUM
Nashville, Tennessee
K.Spirit PLATINUM, Nashville, Tennessee
26 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#377423 Poetry
By Aislinn99 GOLD
Jacksonville, Illinois
Aislinn99 GOLD, Jacksonville, Illinois
10 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m intimidated by the fear of being average.&quot;-Taylor Swift<br /> <br /> &quot;No Matter How Hard Your Rock Bottom Is You Can Rise Above It.&quot;- Demi Lovato<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Your lucky enough to be different, never change&rdquo; -Taylor Swift

#377424 Poetry
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wish none of this had happened.&quot; &quot;So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.&quot;

nerdherdemployee BRONZE, Windsor, Connecticut
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.<br /> -Confucius

#377426 Poetry
By ITZALY BRONZE
Perris, California
ITZALY BRONZE, Perris, California
1 article 2 photos 0 comments
#377427 Poetry
By angelchild GOLD
Stockton, California
angelchild GOLD, Stockton, California
12 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.<br /> - Frederick Douglass, <br /> <br /> A library is infinity under a roof.<br /> - Gail Carson Levine<br /> O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are hot inside to think of good hours to come. <br /> <br /> <br /> - Richard Llewellyn

#377428 Poetry
By mark hand BRONZE
Palatine, Illinois
mark hand BRONZE, Palatine, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#377429 Poetry
By YuukiSena SILVER
Wentzville, Missouri
YuukiSena SILVER, Wentzville, Missouri
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you truly love something you should set it free. And if it doesn&#039;t come back, then they were never yours to start.&quot;

#377430 Poetry
EPluribusUnum DIAMOND, Woodbine, Maryland
59 articles 24 photos 280 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; <br /> I lift my lids and all is born again.<br /> (I think I made you up inside my head).&quot;<br /> -Sylvia Plath