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#476771voted by our readers
By baileysul PLATINUM
Guilford, Connecticut

My library has 17 books: 1. I learned how to lift 21 picture books at the age of three onto my lap so their weight held me down from the sky. 2. But I could not yet rea...
baileysul PLATINUM, Guilford, Connecticut
26 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." -Ernest Hemingway


#476772 Poetry
By hlmnewcomer PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
hlmnewcomer PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
33 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"for life is not a paragraph, and death, i think, is no parenthesis"

ulfah_bakmonpau SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#476774 Poetry
By cassandranguyen BRONZE
Markham, Ontario
cassandranguyen BRONZE, Markham, Ontario
1 article 2 photos 0 comments
#476775 Poetry
By Anonymous
#476776 Poetry
By lightbearer GOLD
North Bloomfield, Ohio
lightbearer GOLD, North Bloomfield, Ohio
15 articles 0 photos 19 comments
#476777 Poetry
By Kbuschan PLATINUM
South Plainfield, New Jersey
Kbuschan PLATINUM, South Plainfield, New Jersey
25 articles 0 photos 64 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fall in love or fall in hate; Get inspired or be depressed; Ace a test or flunk a class; Make babies or make art; Speak the truth or lie and cheat; Dance on tables or sit in the corner; Life is divine chaos. Embrace it. Breathe. And enjoy the ride...

#476778 Poetry
ashlynn_95 BRONZE, Juneau, Alaska
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Music washes away, from the soul, the dust of everyday life.

#476779 Poetry
By Anonymous
#476780 Poetry
By IndieChick10 BRONZE
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
IndieChick10 BRONZE, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
3 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then what am I? And if not now, when?”-Rabbi Hillel