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#466021voted by our readers
By Mickee BRONZE
Yorktown Heights, New York

It was long ago, But my heart still aches, Withering, day by day. With every knock on the door, my heart races. With every creaking floor, a shiver runs down my spine. Wi...
Mickee BRONZE, Yorktown Heights, New York
4 articles 1 photo 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Erica Albright (Rooney Mara): &quot;You are going to go through life thinking that girls don&#039;t like you because you&#039;re a nerd. And I want you to know from the bottom of my heart that that won&#039;t be true. It&#039;ll be because you&#039;re an asshole.&quot;<br /> <br /> Mark Zuckerberg: &quot;I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try, but there&#039;s no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing. Did I adequately answer your condescending question?<br /> <br /> &quot;You&#039;re not the same as you were before, You were much more...muchier...you&#039;ve lost your muchness.&quot;<br /> I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.


Salvador_Dollee GOLD, Detroit, Michigan
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose. -Langston Hughes

#466023 Poetry
By xG4RY GOLD
East Falmouth, Massachusetts
xG4RY GOLD, East Falmouth, Massachusetts
19 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The shorter it is, the more well said it is.&quot;

#466024 Poetry
By mercylove SILVER
Des Planes, Illinois
mercylove SILVER, Des Planes, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
anything that falls has to land

#466025 Poetry
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#466027 Poetry
By InkBlot BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
InkBlot BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
2 articles 3 photos 0 comments
#466028 Poetry
AbbytheEventer GOLD, Blue Ash, Ohio
11 articles 12 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
One mans wrong lead is another Man&#039;s counter canter

#466029 Poetry
By lil.awol ELITE
Independence, Missouri
lil.awol ELITE, Independence, Missouri
124 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s a darkness upon me that&#039;s flooded in light, and i&#039;m frightened by those that don&#039;t see it&quot; ~the avett brothers, head full of doubt

#466030 Poetry
By Bookworm22 BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
Bookworm22 BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The scariest moment is right before you start.&quot; -Stephen King