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#412521voted by our readers
Knowledge is Not the Key
By Michaelaa SILVER
Granada Hills, California

Knowledge People read because they think it makes you smarter. It doesn’t. If it did then I’d have straight A’s, and I’d probably care about life. But it doesn’t matter how much y...
Michaelaa SILVER, Granada Hills, California
8 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Maybe someday I'll learn to trust myself.

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#412522 Poetry
unbroken
By garnetcait BRONZE
Longwood, Florida
garnetcait BRONZE, Longwood, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
the unexpected is always obvious.

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#412523 Poetry
guardian jacket
By st0nedwallpaper SILVER
Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
st0nedwallpaper SILVER, Soddy Daisy, Tennessee
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#412524 Poetry
The Alcholic
By rickyvolfe BRONZE
New York, New York
rickyvolfe BRONZE, New York, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"some people are wise and some are otherwise"

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#412525 Poetry
Mother Oh Mother
By lydia.w GOLD
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

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#412526 Poetry
Tree of Life
By nb.Lynn15 BRONZE
Williamston, Michigan
nb.Lynn15 BRONZE, Williamston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#412527 Poetry
There She Is
By Anonymous
#412528 Poetry
The Life of the Dog
By Anonymous
#412529 Poetry
i found you
By SuicidalDreamer.. PLATINUM
Marshall, Illinois
SuicidalDreamer.. PLATINUM, Marshall, Illinois
31 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Drop The World.....&quot; Or &quot;Everything Happens For A Reason.....&quot; Or &quot;I am jealous of every woman that has ever hugged him, Cause for that mere second. They held my entire world.&quot;

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#412530 Poetry
The Darkness
By dancewritedream SILVER
S. Dartmouth, Massachusetts
dancewritedream SILVER, S. Dartmouth, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting.&quot;

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