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#2091voted by our readers
By nickykens ELITE
Draper, Utah

How do you say goodbye When you have no reason why? How do you tell him, “Please just go,” When he is the only love you know? How do you follow from the start When what you’re...
nickykens ELITE, Draper, Utah
134 articles 2 photos 85 comments

#2092 Poetry
By Starz_elite3 BRONZE
Severna Park, Maryland
Starz_elite3 BRONZE, Severna Park, Maryland
2 articles 5 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you”

#2093 Poetry
By PersonOfInterest ELITE
Shrewsbury, Other
PersonOfInterest ELITE, Shrewsbury, Other
176 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
What doesn't kill you simply makes you stranger.

brookelovedance2 BRONZE, Mobile, Alabama
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Do what you like and live what you do."

#2095 Poetry
Failiwillnotfall PLATINUM, San Marcos, California
28 articles 4 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can&rsquo;t be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering wether the tradeoff is fair.&quot;<br /> -Nicholas Sparks

#2096 Poetry
By mayasmith BRONZE
Shoreline, Washington
mayasmith BRONZE, Shoreline, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2097 Poetry
By yellow-pages SILVER
Still Not Available, Other
yellow-pages SILVER, Still Not Available, Other
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all a little weird and life&#039;s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.&quot; -Dr. Suess

#2098 Poetry
By Babybearcub PLATINUM
West Linn, Oregon
Babybearcub PLATINUM, West Linn, Oregon
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line&quot; -Oscar Levant<br /> <br /> &quot;You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.&quot; -Winston Churchill

#2099 Poetry
By teenytinyella SILVER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
teenytinyella SILVER, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A wise girl leaves, before she is left.&quot;

#2100 Poetry
By Chris2A GOLD
Franklin, Tennessee
Chris2A GOLD, Franklin, Tennessee
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am STRONG because I am weak...<br /> I am kind because I am mean...<br /> I am a lover because I&#039;m a fighter...<br /> I am fearless because I&#039;ve been afraid...<br /> I am WISE because I have been foolish...<br /> ...I live because I&#039;ve died...<br /> ...And LAUGH because I&#039;ve cried...