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#462421voted by our readers
By clairexaudrey PLATINUM
Bethel, Connecticut

She looked up at him, smiling. Pretending to, at least. Everything she wanted was lying right beside her. But he wasn’t hers. He’d never be. She knew this before things got co...
clairexaudrey PLATINUM, Bethel, Connecticut
41 articles 3 photos 73 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.&quot;<br /> -Elizabeth Kubler Ross


#462422 Poetry
By Ninalaw SILVER
Tucson, Arizona
Ninalaw SILVER, Tucson, Arizona
8 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.&rdquo;~Maya Angelou

#462423 Poetry
By StarGazer453 SILVER
Somewhere In A State, Massachusetts
StarGazer453 SILVER, Somewhere In A State, Massachusetts
7 articles 3 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
A room without books is like a body without a soul. ~Cicero<br /> My best friend is someone who gives me a book I have not yet read. ~President Abraham Lincoln<br /> The one who smiles when things go wrong has thought if someone to blame it on. ~Robert Bloch

#462424 Poetry
By Hunter Korf BRONZE
Wichita, Kansas
Hunter Korf BRONZE, Wichita, Kansas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#462425 Poetry
By Delmara SILVER
Paris, Texas
Delmara SILVER, Paris, Texas
9 articles 5 photos 5 comments
#462426 Poetry
By Anonymous
#462427 Poetry
By Ashley94 SILVER
Naples, Florida
Ashley94 SILVER, Naples, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life isn&#039;t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.&quot;

#462428 Poetry
SammiSquirrel BRONZE, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If a llama took over the world, do you think it would be able to do it alone?

#462429 Poetry
By Katlyn.T SILVER
Marysville, California
Katlyn.T SILVER, Marysville, California
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a women scorned

Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski