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#378541voted by our readers
By drazdar BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan

My form is fading. Yet Time persists and Substance lingers on the tongue of the tiger-- withered by fire and water, falling to its knees. What I conceive are minuscule...
drazdar BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or Mahatma Gandhi, or Mother Theresa, or Malcolm X; if a human being dares to be bigger than the condition into which she or he was born&mdash;it means so can you. And so you can try to stretch, stretch, stretch yourself so you can internalize, &#039;Homo sum, humani nil a me alienum puto. I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me.&#039; That&#039;s one thing I&#039;m learning.&quot; <br /> - Dr. Maya Angelou


#378542 Poetry
By bcmoragas BRONZE
New Orleans, Louisiana
bcmoragas BRONZE, New Orleans, Louisiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#378543 Poetry
By Cresser101 SILVER
Edwardsville, Illinois
Cresser101 SILVER, Edwardsville, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do now know anything about.&quot;

#378544 Poetry
By jaclynkath BRONZE
Scottsdale, Arizona
jaclynkath BRONZE, Scottsdale, Arizona
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Ashlynn Tingle BRONZE, Harlem, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#378546 Poetry
By zandragrey GOLD
Newton, Massachusetts
zandragrey GOLD, Newton, Massachusetts
13 articles 8 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you can laugh at it, you can live with it. ~Erma Bombeck

#378547 Poetry
By emzydarling BRONZE
Park City, Utah
emzydarling BRONZE, Park City, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle&quot;- Irina Dunn

#378548 Poetry
By wakeupdeadflower BRONZE
Baltimore, Maryland
wakeupdeadflower BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
A girl&#039;s knee is a bone, not an entertainment

#378549 Poetry
By daniskate416 BRONZE
Bristol, Rhode Island
daniskate416 BRONZE, Bristol, Rhode Island
3 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To me, Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.&quot;-Taylor Swift

#378550 Poetry
By tracetrace SILVER
Windsor, Connecticut
tracetrace SILVER, Windsor, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.&rdquo;