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#97061voted by our readers
By rojas SILVER
Wilmington, California

“I know it may not look like much to you, but to me, this is a treasure item that I’ve carried with me for 10 years, my square button.” It's just a button, but I felt that if I...
rojas SILVER, Wilmington, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#97062 Poetry
By LizzK PLATINUM
Sullivan, Wisconsin
LizzK PLATINUM, Sullivan, Wisconsin
27 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#97063 Poetry
By SparrowFeather GOLD
La Crescenta, California
SparrowFeather GOLD, La Crescenta, California
14 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

Cuppie.Cake DIAMOND,
80 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;I\&#039;m Not Afraid To Take A Stand, Everybody Come Take My Hand.\&quot;<br /> ~Eminem~<br /> \&quot;I Just Want You To Know, That You Deserve The Best, You\&#039;re Beautiful.\&quot;<br /> ~Lil\&#039; Wayne~<br /> \&quot;Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. What do we do...we swim swim swim.\&quot;<br /> ~Finding No~

M-and-M-Denver SILVER, Mebane, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why should I change to please people? They tell you to be yourself, and then they judge you for you. It&#039;s like standing with your clothes on. They like you when you&#039;re covered up, but when you show the real you, you&#039;re naked. They don&#039;t like it

#97066 Poetry
By The_Introvert PLATINUM
Bellevue, Nebraska
The_Introvert PLATINUM, Bellevue, Nebraska
36 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river.&quot;

#97067 Poetry
By MaddieCo SILVER
Rockford, Illinois
MaddieCo SILVER, Rockford, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#97068 Poetry
By TheMistakable GOLD
Junction, Texas
TheMistakable GOLD, Junction, Texas
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"...So, actually, therefore, the course of wisdom, what is really sensible, is to let go, is to commit oneself, to give oneself up and that's quite mad. So we come to the strange conclusion that in madness lies sanity."

#97069 Poetry
By Anonymous
#97070 Poetry
By littlemsawkward ELITE
Holbrook, Massachusetts
littlemsawkward ELITE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
119 articles 7 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To be great is to be misunderstood.&quot; ((Ralph Waldo Emerson))