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Umbra
By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

My name is Umbra. I am the dark that consumes your dying flame. I am the blackest shadow, cast by a devilish fire. Cold and ominous and black and devoid, I am the eyes of the v...
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

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"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks

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Under The Willow Tree
By StayForeverYoung BRONZE
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
StayForeverYoung BRONZE, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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To you, Dad
By laylalethal GOLD
Baltimore, Maryland
laylalethal GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are built up by bones which empower us to walk, stand, and run. Yet, if we were built up by emotions, we would all without a doubt collapse

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Like a Leaf
By laylalethal GOLD
Baltimore, Maryland
laylalethal GOLD, Baltimore, Maryland
10 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
We are built up by bones which empower us to walk, stand, and run. Yet, if we were built up by emotions, we would all without a doubt collapse

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Boys with Ponytails
By Zephyfu SILVER
Melbourne, Florida
Zephyfu SILVER, Melbourne, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
Mad Ones &quot;and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music&quot;

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The Name
By Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Helena.of.Karatha DIAMOND, Saint Paul, Minnesota
79 articles 0 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;re a great wizard, Harry.&quot;<br /> &quot;Not as good as you.&quot;<br /> &quot;Me?! Books! And cleverness! There are more important things, Harry--friendship, and bravery, and--oh, Harry, just be careful.&quot;

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To change What can not be changed
By Valor GOLD
Hawthorne, California
Valor GOLD, Hawthorne, California
15 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Look again at that dot. That&#039;s here. That&#039;s home. That&#039;s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every &quot;superstar,&quot; every &quot;supreme leader,&quot; every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.<br /> <br /> The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.<br /> <br /> Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.<br /> <br /> The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.<br /> <br /> It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we&#039;ve ever known.&rdquo; <br /> ― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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Fearless and Free
By Nickywritingandreading GOLD
Brookline, Massachusetts
Nickywritingandreading GOLD, Brookline, Massachusetts
16 articles 7 photos 2 comments
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My Beautiful Home, Colorado
By HeyImKaty GOLD
Grand Junction, Colorado
HeyImKaty GOLD, Grand Junction, Colorado
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: It goes on.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Robert Frost

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L O V E
By HeyImKaty GOLD
Grand Junction, Colorado
HeyImKaty GOLD, Grand Junction, Colorado
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: It goes on.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Robert Frost

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