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By Humble_Exit5 BRONZE
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I’m not the captain of this vessel; I’m not the owner of this life. I have no possession of this voyage or life. My desires and longings are not my own. I have become a stranger to...
Humble_Exit5 BRONZE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.”-Oscar wilde


#423532 Poetry
By Kristie Colton BRONZE
Park City, Utah
Kristie Colton BRONZE, Park City, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#423533 Poetry
CantFlyWithBrokenWings BRONZE, Waseca, Minnesota
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Its better to burn out then it is to fade away.

#423534 Poetry
HopeIsWhatWeCrave GOLD, Rowlett, Texas
11 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
[Frodo] How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. <br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Pippin] I didn&#039;t think it would end this way. <br /> [Gandalf] End? No, the journey doesn&#039;t end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it. <br /> [Pippin] What? Gandalf?... See what? <br /> [Gandalf] White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. <br /> [Pippin] Well, that isn&#039;t so bad. <br /> [Gandalf] No... No it isn&#039;t.<br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Frodo] I can&#039;t do this Sam.<br /> [Sam] I know. By rights we shouldn&#039;t even be here, but we are. It&#039;s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn&#039;t want to know the end, because how could the end by happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it&#039;s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even the darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. The folk in those stories had plenty of chances of turning back only they didn&#039;t. They kept going. Because they were holding onto something. <br /> [Frodo] What were they holding onto, Sam?<br /> [Sam] That there&#039;s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it&#039;s worth fighting for

#423535 Poetry
By Ellie-Phant SILVER
Williamsburg, Virginia
Ellie-Phant SILVER, Williamsburg, Virginia
6 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The words I write are the only things that make me feel alive.

#423536 Poetry
By justinbuck SILVER
Summerfield, North Carolina
justinbuck SILVER, Summerfield, North Carolina
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#423537 Poetry
By tkaucic SILVER
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
tkaucic SILVER, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#423538 Poetry
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By stacyjoan GOLD
Fayetteville, North Carolina
stacyjoan GOLD, Fayetteville, North Carolina
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart.&rdquo; <br /> ― Antoine de Saint-Exup&eacute;ry, The Little Prince

#423539 Poetry
By H.A.Jenks BRONZE
Westwood, Massachusetts
H.A.Jenks BRONZE, Westwood, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#423540 Poetry
By slrayburn SILVER
Simms, Texas
slrayburn SILVER, Simms, Texas
9 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don&#039;t care if that mark is a scar.&quot; - John Green