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By HeartOfGold15 GOLD
Bay City, Michigan

Your fear is learned, dear and well deserved even if queer -   Still, you cannot grow if you're too afraid to show how you truly feel and all you really know -   Yo...
HeartOfGold15 GOLD, Bay City, Michigan
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&rsquo;t ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy; happiness is no longer the point. It&rsquo;s all about survival; it&rsquo;s all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in.&quot;<br /> - Nick Hornby


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By Anonymous
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By ansley_guyton SILVER
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
ansley_guyton SILVER, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My name is Shwan. This is my partner, Scoony 'U-Turn' Singleton." ~Shawn Spencer

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By Anonymous
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By Roarsach BRONZE
Fairfeild, Connecticut
Roarsach BRONZE, Fairfeild, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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By Briana Dobruk BRONZE
Erie, Pennsylvania
Briana Dobruk BRONZE, Erie, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Bandnerd24 BRONZE
Prairieville, Louisiana
Bandnerd24 BRONZE, Prairieville, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; You&#039;ve got 2 choices. You can either sit and cry or spread your wings and fly.&quot;

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Naked MAG
By shunflower GOLD
Shamong, New Jersey
shunflower GOLD, Shamong, New Jersey
18 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&rsquo;m seventeen and I&rsquo;m crazy. My uncle says the two always go together. When people ask your age, he said, always say seventeen and insane.

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By monikitty12 PLATINUM
New York, New York
monikitty12 PLATINUM, New York, New York
35 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t cry because its over. Smile because it happened.

#379350 Poetry
By theSunfloweredCrow PLATINUM
Green Bay, Wisconsin
theSunfloweredCrow PLATINUM, Green Bay, Wisconsin
47 articles 0 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Can&#039;t keep my eyes from the circling sky,<br /> Tongue-tied and twisted<br /> Just an earth-bound misfit, I&quot;<br /> ~Pink Floyd<br /> <br /> &quot;Now is blessed<br /> The rest<br /> remembered &quot; <br /> <br /> ~Jim Morrison