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By nightfallsfast SILVER
Clemmons, North Carolina

I have spent my time listening, words have never escaped these lips, not like time has my fingers, or your breath has my sheets. No, I know now speech is far from simple an...
nightfallsfast SILVER, Clemmons, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
"How did I know that someday- at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere- the bell jar with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again?" -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar


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By nani_laceup BRONZE
Ridgefield, New Jersey
nani_laceup BRONZE, Ridgefield, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;A rose unlike any other rose is just as sweet&quot;<br /> &quot;A picture is worth a thousand words&quot;

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By lifeisajourney GOLD
Coronado, California
lifeisajourney GOLD, Coronado, California
18 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is a journey not a destination...&quot;<br /> &quot;Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life in a clearer view again.&quot;<br /> &quot;Only those who will go too far, can possibly find out how far one can go&quot;

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By mebriscoe BRONZE
Argyle, Texas
mebriscoe BRONZE, Argyle, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Forget safety.<br /> Live where you fear to live.<br /> Destroy your reputation.<br /> Be notorious.&rdquo; <br /> ― Rumi

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By nani_laceup BRONZE
Ridgefield, New Jersey
nani_laceup BRONZE, Ridgefield, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A rose unlike any other rose is just as sweet&quot;<br /> &quot;A picture is worth a thousand words&quot;

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By Anonymous
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By PhoebeB GOLD
Lexington, Massachusetts
PhoebeB GOLD, Lexington, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.&quot;<br /> -Victor Hugo

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By redstars SILVER
Burbank, California
redstars SILVER, Burbank, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn.&rdquo; <br /> ― Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

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By WishesComeTrue GOLD
Las Vegas, Nevada
WishesComeTrue GOLD, Las Vegas, Nevada
12 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; If you say life sucks, you can always change it because lifes what you make it.&quot;

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By Jazz66 GOLD
Irvine, California
Jazz66 GOLD, Irvine, California
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A lover not a fighter on the front line with a poem&quot; -battle scars