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By Heart_of_Fire DIAMOND
Wake Forest, North Carolina

Just something we tell ourselves - A smile for the camera. We both know it won't end well, But still we're gonna try it. Every kiss is just another one To add to t...
Heart_of_Fire DIAMOND, Wake Forest, North Carolina
56 articles 8 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everyone says love hurts, but that's not true. Loneliness hurts. Rejection hurts. Losing someone hurts. Envy hurts. Everyone gets these things confused with love. But in reality, love is the only thing in this world that covers up all the pain and makes someone feel wonderful again." - unknown


#772 Poetry
By LeahC. SILVER
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
LeahC. SILVER, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#773 Poetry
By Accidental_Ashlee GOLD
Belleville, Michigan
Accidental_Ashlee GOLD, Belleville, Michigan
15 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The advice to 'hold on to your dreams' is all well and good, but there comes a point when holding on to your dreams becomes unhelpful and even unhealthy. life can pass you by while you are clinging on to a wish that can never be - or ought never to be fulfilled. Your deepest yearning is for something impossible Desperately sad though it is that you have been deprived of your dreams, know that siting and gazing on a vision of what you can never have, will only damage you and your heart."

#774 Poetry
GingerMonk PLATINUM, Lowell, Michigan
20 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity...&quot;<br /> -Edgar Allen Poe

#775 Poetry
By Anonymous
#776 Poetry
talia_is_happy GOLD, Amarillo, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who mind- don&#039;t matter, and the people who matter- don&#039;t mind.&quot;<br /> -Dr. Seuss

#777 Poetry
By luckyzip SILVER
Lafayette, Alabama
luckyzip SILVER, Lafayette, Alabama
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t throw effort at foolishness

#778 Poetry
By rinkydink15 PLATINUM
Mandeville, Louisiana
rinkydink15 PLATINUM, Mandeville, Louisiana
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Love is when even a passing glance sends a million little butterflies through your heart, and you can&#039;t stop thinking about him.

#779 Poetry
By PhantomWolf13 PLATINUM
Slatington, Pennsylvania
PhantomWolf13 PLATINUM, Slatington, Pennsylvania
22 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Wisdom does not come with age. Age comes with wisdom.&quot; - Myself<br /> &quot;Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.&quot; - Rosalind Russel<br /> &quot;Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.&quot; - Robert Frost

#780 Poetry
By AllisonFlom SILVER
New York, New York
AllisonFlom SILVER, New York, New York
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you are braver than you believe, smarter than you think, and stronger than you seem.&quot; -Christopher Robbin to Winnie-the-Pooh