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#4601voted by our readers
By jennee21_ann GOLD
Helper, Utah

Here we stand again, my dear, Yet you stand over there; away from my side. Last time we stood, you held my hand. In the past, you were my guide. Look over here and catch my e...
jennee21_ann GOLD, Helper, Utah
17 articles 0 photos 568 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t gain the world and lose your soul....wisdom is better than silver or gold.&quot; <br /> <br /> &quot;You can always close a book, but you can never close the mind of a writer.&quot;


#4602 Poetry
By Taylor Nielsen BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
Taylor Nielsen BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4603 Poetry
By SyddTheKidd GOLD
Louisville, Kentucky
SyddTheKidd GOLD, Louisville, Kentucky
11 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There remains a conflict between past pain and future desire, but pain is swallowed by desire.&quot;

#4604 Poetry
JayrozeTheVampireKing SILVER, Groton , Connecticut
9 articles 5 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life&#039;s a grave.<br /> Dig it!

#4605 Poetry
By alex_gold SILVER
Southlake, Texas
alex_gold SILVER, Southlake, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely put on the page what&#039;s in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly. Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.&#039;<br /> <br /> Stephen King

#4606 Poetry
By bella_kay09 BRONZE
Howell, Michigan
bella_kay09 BRONZE, Howell, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#4607 Poetry
By Gracegos29 GOLD
Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Gracegos29 GOLD, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life isn&#039;t measured by the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.&quot; -anonymous

#4608 Poetry
By Anonymous
#4609 Poetry
By briannelee21 SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
briannelee21 SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.&quot;

#4610 Poetry
By Rachel7296 BRONZE
Noblesville, Indiana
Rachel7296 BRONZE, Noblesville, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not caring about what other people think is the best change I&#039;ve ever made