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#8061voted by our readers
By swim_2017 GOLD
El Paso, Illinois

There once was a girl who OD'd from her failures she wished to be freed. It was kind of ironic and a little sardonic. That at dying she knew she could succeed.
swim_2017 GOLD, El Paso, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender that is strength.-Arnold Schwarzenegger


#8062 Poetry
By catieb1112 GOLD
Shelton, Connecticut
catieb1112 GOLD, Shelton, Connecticut
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.

#8063 Poetry
Your_Apathetic_Basketcase ELITE, Orlando, Florida
137 articles 0 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just remember, if the world didn&#039;t suck, we&#039;d all fall off.&quot;<br /> -Derrolyn Anderson<br /> <br /> &quot;Don&#039;t trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;The sea speaks more honestly... To those willing to drown.&quot; -J.D. Hard

#8064 Poetry
By hrid_13 SILVER
Whitefield, Other
hrid_13 SILVER, Whitefield, Other
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love my country better that my family , but i love humanity more than my country ."<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Felcon

#8065 Poetry
By OliviaGrace SILVER
Rancho Cucamonga, California
OliviaGrace SILVER, Rancho Cucamonga, California
6 articles 29 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.

#8066 Poetry
By katielynn21 DIAMOND
Sierra Vista, Arizona
katielynn21 DIAMOND, Sierra Vista, Arizona
63 articles 0 photos 32 comments

Favorite Quote:
live as if you&#039;ll die tomorrow, dream as if you&#039;ll live forever

#8067 Poetry
By genesis27000 SILVER
Mexia, Texas
genesis27000 SILVER, Mexia, Texas
5 articles 0 photos 19 comments
#8068 Poetry
Shawty_you_love BRONZE, APO, Other
3 articles 2 photos 5 comments
#8069 Poetry
Just-Another-Girl GOLD, Keighley, Other
17 articles 0 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
- &quot;A coward may survive...but a hero..a hero lives on in the hearts of the people he saved&quot;<br /> <br /> - &quot;Words don&#039;t have the power to hurt people, unless the person who said it means a lot&quot;<br /> <br /> -<br /> You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing._

#8070 Poetry
By Adam_Shrugged SILVER
Branchburg, New Jersey
Adam_Shrugged SILVER, Branchburg, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Qu&eacute; ser&aacute;, ser&aacute;.