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By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida

Summer blossomed like rose buds Upon every branch, As together we strode Under tall oak trees. The leaves were paintings Left unfinished, Green melding with brown, Joy dri...
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green


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By migwam ELITE
Tumwater, Washington
migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
240 articles 20 photos 151 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.&quot; --Marcus Aurelius

liveloud70x7 SILVER, Private, California
6 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You do not immortalize the lost by writing about them. Language buries, but does not resurrect.&rdquo; --john green<br /> <br /> &quot;self-consciousness is the enemy of all creativity&quot; --ray bradbury<br /> <br /> &quot;We suffer each other to have each other a while.&quot; -Li-Young Lee

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By PresidentLeahy GOLD
St. Peters, Missouri
PresidentLeahy GOLD, St. Peters, Missouri
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
There&#039;s only so much you can do, but there&#039;s also so much only you can do.

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By Burden4 SILVER
Welford, South Carolina
Burden4 SILVER, Welford, South Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
You&#039;re born alone you die alone the rest is just an illusion. -The Art of Getting By

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By LunarBirth GOLD
Edinburg, Texas
LunarBirth GOLD, Edinburg, Texas
16 articles 3 photos 30 comments

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&quot;celebrate true nonconformity&quot; - LunarBirth

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By jazzyjess PLATINUM
Livingston, New Jersey
jazzyjess PLATINUM, Livingston, New Jersey
21 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.&quot; ~Oscar Wilde

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By littlepiepschuim PLATINUM
Las Vegas, Nevada
littlepiepschuim PLATINUM, Las Vegas, Nevada
22 articles 2 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Ray Bradbury<br /> &ldquo;There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.&rdquo; <br /> ― Maya Angelou<br /> &ldquo;There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&rdquo; <br /> ― Ernest Hemingway

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By A_Jean PLATINUM
Citrus Heights, California
A_Jean PLATINUM, Citrus Heights, California
40 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;we all carry these things inside that no one else can see. they hold us down like anchors and they drown us out at sea.&quot;<br /> &quot;i&#039;m trying to figure out which parts of my personality are mine and which ones I created to please you&quot;

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By mlm_24 BRONZE
St. Stephen, South Carolina
mlm_24 BRONZE, St. Stephen, South Carolina
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
You only need twenty seconds of insane courage, to be brave, and nobody will ever question your being.