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#445741voted by our readers
By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

Don’t ask for respect when you’ve given me none. Don’t expect love when you’ve told me you’re done. I will not cry because you want me to. I will not fall because of you. I a...
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks


#445742 Poetry
By EmilyF5 SILVER
Plaistow, New Hampshire
EmilyF5 SILVER, Plaistow, New Hampshire
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;And I am aware of my heart; it opens and closes.&quot; -Sylvia Plath

#445743 Poetry
Lifelovehappiness BRONZE, Hazel Park, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By klumsden SILVER
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
klumsden SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No one wins them all, and your failures when they happen, are just part of your growth. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your time will come&quot;

#445746 Poetry
By E.Margaret BRONZE
Taylor Ridge, Illinois
E.Margaret BRONZE, Taylor Ridge, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you love music, you can make music.-Mike Nesmith

#445747 Poetry
L.T.Hendricks BRONZE, Toledo, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
if it is up to me then shall it be

#445748 Poetry
angel_of_silence PLATINUM, Cotulla, Texas
24 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The boy never cried again, and he never forgot what he&#039;d learned: that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.&rdquo; -Jace Wayland City of Bones

#445749 Poetry
By Adam Leet BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
Adam Leet BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#445750 Poetry
By Laya15 BRONZE
Ada, Michigan
Laya15 BRONZE, Ada, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly&quot;-proverb