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#158781voted by our readers
By thecolorjess SILVER
Morgan Hill, California

“Oh cruel Universe!” the lonely heavens cry, “To have human souls to live, and to love until we die! To know the joy of human hope, to know the sorrow of goodbye!” But alas,...
thecolorjess SILVER, Morgan Hill, California
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
“If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is as with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.” – Robert Southey


#158782 Poetry
By Anonymous
#158783 Poetry
MorningStar15 DIAMOND, Orange, Vermont
71 articles 2 photos 179 comments
#158784 Poetry
By screamin_forever BRONZE
Victoria, Texas
screamin_forever BRONZE, Victoria, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is hard. Life is short. Life is painful. Life is rich. Life is....Precious.

#158785 Poetry
By LittleMissSunshine08_11 SILVER
Boston, Massachusetts
LittleMissSunshine08_11 SILVER, Boston, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick

#158786 Poetry
By Anonymous
#158787 Poetry
By louis.02 BRONZE
Ravenna, Ohio
louis.02 BRONZE, Ravenna, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym." -Stephen King

#158788 Poetry
By Anonymous
#158789 Poetry
By despurlock DIAMOND
Morgantown, West Virginia
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
79 articles 0 photos 179 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Pascal, Pensees, 1670

#158790 Poetry
By ElleAhre PLATINUM
Gloucester, Massachusetts
ElleAhre PLATINUM, Gloucester, Massachusetts
25 articles 4 photos 53 comments

Favorite Quote:
"you can close your eyes to everything you do not want to see, but you can not close you heart to things you do not want to feel"