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By callmeIN GOLD
Atlanta, Indiana

Soft, still, sweet, silent nights. Close your eyes. Remember the flight! The flight of our fathers, The peace of our lands. The night we all followed The ransomed and dead...
callmeIN GOLD, Atlanta, Indiana
13 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&lsquo;Maybe Richard will find another way. Just tell him, Alice. Tell him that his own Confessor never stopped loving him. And that if he can&rsquo;t undo the magic, if he can&rsquo;t return to her then, she&rsquo;ll be waiting for him, in the Underworld. Forever.&rsquo;<br /> -Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell,<br /> Legend of the Seeker


#120172 Poetry
By L.Shiplett SILVER
Mebane, North Carolina
L.Shiplett SILVER, Mebane, North Carolina
5 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. -Langston Hughes

#120173 Poetry
By eekervill GOLD
Tucson, Arizona
eekervill GOLD, Tucson, Arizona
12 articles 5 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;happiness is like a butterfly. the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder...&quot;<br /> -henery david therau.<br /> <br /> &quot;ive paid the price of solitude, but at least &quot;the duty of youth is to challenge corruption.&quot;<br /> -Kurt Cobain<br /> <br /> &quot;The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.&quot; <br /> -Leonardo da Vinci<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Silence is very important. The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.&quot;<br /> -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.&quot; <br /> -Henry Van Dyke

#120174 Poetry
afilman PLATINUM, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
24 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#120175 Poetry
By Killswitch SILVER
Hooversville, Pennsylvania
Killswitch SILVER, Hooversville, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#120176 Poetry
PookieBooski PLATINUM, Springfield, Illinois
32 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
When the itch of literature comes over a man, the only cure is the scratch of pen over paper.

#120177 Poetry
By Kadensize BRONZE
Kansas City, Missouri
Kadensize BRONZE, Kansas City, Missouri
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Give in to love or live in fear... Forget regret, or life is your to miss; No other road, no other way, no day but today.&quot; (Or anything from RENT or Blue October.)

#120178 Poetry
By MadisonC. SILVER
Montgomery Village, Maryland
MadisonC. SILVER, Montgomery Village, Maryland
6 articles 7 photos 2 comments
#120179 Poetry
By Artemis. BRONZE
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Artemis. BRONZE, Fair Lawn, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never say the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.&quot;

#120180 Poetry
By Anonymous