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By fransantosrdz BRONZE
Monterrey, Other

O’ brother, I know you and your multitudes: how your hands are a liability-- How you hated the way they gave you away when you spoke and I remember that old soccer bal...
fransantosrdz BRONZE, Monterrey, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“When adults say, “Teenagers think they are invincible” with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don’t know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.”


#476642 Poetry
By bugjuicepoetry ELITE
Fort Wayne, Indiana
bugjuicepoetry ELITE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
223 articles 30 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I was born very far from where I'm supposed to be. So, I guess I'm on my way home."

#476643 Poetry
By Michelle Taylor BRONZE
Melfort, SK, Other
Michelle Taylor BRONZE, Melfort, SK, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#476644 Poetry
By rebeldita BRONZE
Bogota, New Jersey
rebeldita BRONZE, Bogota, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Note to self: JUST BREATHE!"

#476645 Poetry
By machine_head SILVER
Okemos, Michigan
machine_head SILVER, Okemos, Michigan
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The only philosophical question, is whether or not to kill one's self."

#476646 Poetry
By nathan greiner BRONZE
Polk City, Iowa
nathan greiner BRONZE, Polk City, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#476647 Poetry
By maelstrom14 GOLD
Oak Habor, Washington
maelstrom14 GOLD, Oak Habor, Washington
14 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments...etc

#476648 Poetry
By Reincarnate-forever SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
Reincarnate-forever SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am who I am, this is what we are, I don't care if this offends you, or your worthless god."

#476649 Poetry
By s.pigeon BRONZE
Little Falls, Minnesota
s.pigeon BRONZE, Little Falls, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#476650 Poetry
By feiershen GOLD
Shanghai, Other
feiershen GOLD, Shanghai, Other
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore. ---- Georgia O'Keeffe