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By 16curtise BRONZE
Gilford, New Hampshire

I live in your world of green trees, tall buildings, cement sidewalks. You walk down busy streets passing the red faced vendors selling newspapers, as you move around the cit...
16curtise BRONZE, Gilford, New Hampshire
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#305692 Poetry
By Local_Tragedy BRONZE
Worcester, Massachusetts
Local_Tragedy BRONZE, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won't either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.” <br /> ― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum

#305693 Poetry
By Twolf4life BRONZE
Houston, Texas
Twolf4life BRONZE, Houston, Texas
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#305694 Poetry
By Anonymous
#305695 Poetry
Mollie Knapp BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
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#305696 Poetry
By Shelly.B DIAMOND
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Shelly.B DIAMOND, Lawrenceville, Georgia
55 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be happy, the sky is still blue....kinda&#039;

#305697 Poetry
By Irrelevancy BRONZE
San Francisco, California
Irrelevancy BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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#305698 Poetry
By Denise_Alyse BRONZE
Washington, District Of Columbia
Denise_Alyse BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
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#305699 Poetry
By Anonymous
#305700 Poetry
BringMeThePiercedSiren PLATINUM, Fairfax, Virginia
24 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s nothing like a sore stomach from laughing for all the right reasons.&quot;-Perks of Being a Wallflower