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By Julianewsomee GOLD
Middleburgh, New York

  Each day he woke and mourned, An underlying consistent struggle, Of not wanting to be who he was born, A lifelong internal trouble.   He dreamt to...
Julianewsomee GOLD, Middleburgh, New York
18 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Poetry
By 3mo_sw33ts SILVER
Gonzales, Louisiana
3mo_sw33ts SILVER, Gonzales, Louisiana
9 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing at all."

Poetry
By Lizzytizzy PLATINUM
Round Lake Beach, Illinois
Lizzytizzy PLATINUM, Round Lake Beach, Illinois
46 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;That is not for us to decide, all we have to decide is what to do with the time we are given.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;No one can make you feel inferior without your own consent.&quot;

Poetry
By nellie94525 GOLD
Azusa, California
nellie94525 GOLD, Azusa, California
11 articles 2 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

Bailey Pope BRONZE, Newport, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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By Malsie8 GOLD
Placentia, California
Malsie8 GOLD, Placentia, California
12 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us&quot;<br /> -Lord of the Rings

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By HaleyS. GOLD
Byram, Mississippi
HaleyS. GOLD, Byram, Mississippi
19 articles 0 photos 74 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for the shore.<br /> -Ray Bradbury

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By Alexia_Leigh SILVER
Erie, Pennsylvania
Alexia_Leigh SILVER, Erie, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t do anything you wouldn&#039;t want to explain to the paramedics.&quot;

tmrnewtfangirl67 BRONZE, Ravenna, Ohio
4 articles 3 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
I said this when someone asked me why I was sad <br /> " you can play the game right, you can play the game perfectly, but you can't win. you can never win. they always win."

AmandaWint3r GOLD, Mclean, Virginia
15 articles 17 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The heart has reasons that reason does not understand&quot; -Jacques Benigne Bossuel