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By haley101 DIAMOND
Windsor, Connecticut

It has been like a needle, probing crevices between my bones - the kind I never knew existed, divulging emotion and secrets (foreign objects that poison the bloodstream) wit...
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver


#54952 Poetry
By kastarsky GOLD
Mequon, Wisconsin
kastarsky GOLD, Mequon, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By xxMissingyouxx GOLD
Newfield, New Jersey
xxMissingyouxx GOLD, Newfield, New Jersey
13 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;love is like a butterfly, hold it too close, it&#039;ll crush.. hold it too loose, it&#039;ll fly away&quot;

#54956 Poetry
By funnythewayitis SILVER
Redmond, Washington
funnythewayitis SILVER, Redmond, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 21 comments
#54957 Poetry
dia.dreamer GOLD, Kochi, Other
10 articles 0 photos 145 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.&quot; - Michelangelo<br /> &quot;I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am.&quot; - Sylvia Plath

peanutbutter2998 ELITE, Greenville, New York
102 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You are your own person. Nobody can change that. If they do change you, You are no longer yourself. They cannot make you better or smarter or better looking. They can only make you worse.&quot;-Natalie (myself)

#54959 Poetry
By colorguardgrl ELITE
Derry, New Hampshire
colorguardgrl ELITE, Derry, New Hampshire
111 articles 10 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn&#039;t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn&#039;t be. And what it wouldn&#039;t be, it would. You see?&rdquo; - Mad Hatter

#54960 Poetry
By Bigmike BRONZE
Canton, Illinois
Bigmike BRONZE, Canton, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Train insane or remain the same&quot;