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By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire

My bangles are reeds. My shackles fit no keys for the only thing that fills bones is marrow. How am I expected to play cards without an allowance to gamble? Bound hands d...
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."


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By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"...I wish none of this had happened." "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

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By BeLoveToday PLATINUM
Manchester, New Hampshire
BeLoveToday PLATINUM, Manchester, New Hampshire
24 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. <br /> -Nelson Mandela<br /> <br /> &quot;Leave your fear of love behind, <br /> let your dreaming be your guide.<br /> If you seek, than you shall find.&quot;<br /> -&quot;Dreamer,&quot; by Elizaveta

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By BeLoveToday PLATINUM
Manchester, New Hampshire
BeLoveToday PLATINUM, Manchester, New Hampshire
24 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. <br /> -Nelson Mandela<br /> <br /> &quot;Leave your fear of love behind, <br /> let your dreaming be your guide.<br /> If you seek, than you shall find.&quot;<br /> -&quot;Dreamer,&quot; by Elizaveta

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By youngjesus BRONZE
Chicago Ill, Illinois
youngjesus BRONZE, Chicago Ill, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
discipline your self before someone discipline you

Hyperspacewizard GOLD, Odessa, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s impossible.&quot; said pride. &quot;It&#039;s risky.&quot; said experience. &quot;It&#039;s pointless.&quot; said reason. &quot;Give it a try.&quot; whispered the heart.

Hyperspacewizard GOLD, Odessa, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s impossible.&quot; said pride. &quot;It&#039;s risky.&quot; said experience. &quot;It&#039;s pointless.&quot; said reason. &quot;Give it a try.&quot; whispered the heart.

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By laura22 BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
laura22 BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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Quotes &quot;It is only by introducing the young to great literature, drama and music, and to the excitement of great science that we open to them the possibilities that lie within the human spirit -- enable them to see visions and dream dreams.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;&quot;You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can&#039;t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way ... people look at reality, then you can change it.&quot;

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By Sazori BRONZE
Westland, Michigan
Sazori BRONZE, Westland, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life sucks and then you die&quot;

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By BeccaLeigh13 BRONZE
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
BeccaLeigh13 BRONZE, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live life to the fullest&quot;