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By Anonymous

I can’t look in the mirror and see her perfect features – her deep blue eyes with rings of green, her full lips, her long brown hair that’s messy, but somehow falls exactly...

#368352 Poetry
muna.najihah PLATINUM, Malacca, Other
25 articles 14 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
if life was given two choices, to become a writer or a character, I will choose to become a writer.<br /> I have the power to decide what my life should be.

#368353 Poetry
By nerdychick123 BRONZE
Tomball, Texas
nerdychick123 BRONZE, Tomball, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When adults say, &quot;Teenagers think they are invincible&quot; with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don&#039;t know how right they are. We need never be hopeless, because we can never be irreparably broken. We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail.&rdquo;

#368354 Poetry
By Honeygirl16201 PLATINUM
Kittannning, Pennsylvania
Honeygirl16201 PLATINUM, Kittannning, Pennsylvania
23 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&#039;&#039;Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. Its about learning to dance in the rain.&#039;&#039;

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Beccawhales BRONZE, Olathe, Kansas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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By Real_Unity PLATINUM
Raleigh, North Carolina
Real_Unity PLATINUM, Raleigh, North Carolina
32 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like a written story, it does not last forever, but it can be told over and over again.

#368357 Poetry
By Anonymous
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heyhannah93 GOLD, Jackson, Tennessee
10 articles 2 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Trust your heart if the seas catch fire. Live by love though the stars walk backward. -EE Cummings

#368359 Poetry
laina1415 SILVER, Lafayette, New York
7 articles 12 photos 13 comments
#368360 Poetry
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By jessicakaplan BRONZE
Royal Oak, Michigan
jessicakaplan BRONZE, Royal Oak, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments