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#18781voted by our readers
By J-Star333 SILVER
Atlanta, Georgia

You make me cold as ice And I can't stop that edge of yours From cutting me down That knife edge of yours Cold as snow on my eyes All we had was a little gold line to t...
J-Star333 SILVER, Atlanta, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Llonio said life was a net for luck; to Hevydd the Smith life was a forge; and to Dwyvach the Weaver-Woman a loom. They spoke truly, for it is all of these. But you,&#039; Taran said, his eyes meeting the potter&#039;s, &#039;you have shown me life is one thing more. It is clay to be shaped, as raw clay on a potter&#039;s wheel.&rdquo; <br /> ― Lloyd Alexander, Taran Wanderer


#18782 Poetry
IlanaDavis24 PLATINUM, Rye, New York
34 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"900 Years of Time and Space, I've Never Met Anyone Who Wasn't Important."<br /> <br /> <br /> -Doctor Who

#18783 Poetry
By Anonymous
#18784 Poetry
By Fish_Kid BRONZE
Northport, New York
Fish_Kid BRONZE, Northport, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose."- Desmond Tutu

#18785 Poetry
By Anonymous
#18786 Poetry
Hope-in-life PLATINUM, Hutto, Texas
26 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;too many of us stay walled up because we are afraid of being hurt.we are afraid to care too much for fear that the other person doesn&#039;t care at all &quot;

#18787 Poetry
By EmilyGrau GOLD
Jackson, New Jersey
EmilyGrau GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
12 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
We all have these things, that no one can see. They hold us down like anchors, they drown us out at sea.

#18788 Poetry
By Anonymous
#18789 Poetry
By halldj161 GOLD
Louisville, Kentucky
halldj161 GOLD, Louisville, Kentucky
16 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Ambition is priceless it&#039;s something in ya veins and i pray that never change.

#18790 Poetry
By Savannah.W PLATINUM
Joliet, Montana
Savannah.W PLATINUM, Joliet, Montana
46 articles 41 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.