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An Unheard Scream is Still a Scream
By TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE
Salmon, Idaho

I don't mean to make you feel like you're just filling my emptiness. Like you're only here for my benefit. Vast... Is the emptiness really that big? If you op...
TimeCouldStopMe BRONZE, Salmon, Idaho
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I know that life is busy and hard, and that there&rsquo;s a crushing pressure to just settle down and get a real job and khaki pants and a haircut. But don&rsquo;t. Please don&rsquo;t. Please keep believing that life can be better, brighter, broader, because of the art that you make. Please keep demonstrating the courage that it takes to swim upstream in a world that prefers putting away for retirement to putting pen to paper, that chooses practicality over poetry, that values you more for going to the gym than going to the deepest places in your soul. Please keep making art for people like me, people who need the magic and imagination and honesty of great art to make the day-to-day world a little more bearable. And if, for whatever reason, you&rsquo;ve stopped&ndash; stopped believing in your voice, stopped fighting to find the time&ndash;start today. - Shauna Niequist, Cold Tangerines<br /> <br /> &quot;And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.&quot;<br /> -Nietzsche<br /> <br /> &quot;You were born crying, so die smiling.&quot;

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The Pain
By Jean16Bean PLATINUM
Batavia, New York
Jean16Bean PLATINUM, Batavia, New York
21 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it&#039;s the occurring that&#039;s hard.&quot;-Stephen Leacock

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Brother
By JonathanDepina21 BRONZE
Boston, Massachusetts
JonathanDepina21 BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is to short. So live it to the fullest and regret nothing.

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"Out-Word"
By slane BRONZE
Princeton, West Virginia
slane BRONZE, Princeton, West Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Memoir
By Sam-wich SILVER
Tacoma, Washington
Sam-wich SILVER, Tacoma, Washington
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can&#039;t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don&#039;t deserve me at my best.&quot; <br /> - Marilyn Monroe

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Wanting
By -kristina GOLD
Fresno, California
-kristina GOLD, Fresno, California
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
nobody can make you happy but yourself<br /> -my momma<br /> <br /> MAY YOUR ORGANS FAIL YOU<br /> BEFORE YOUR DREAMS DO<br /> -?<br /> <br /> Monsters are real, gosts are too, they live inside us and sometimes they win<br /> -Stephen Kings

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This House Is Not My Home
By Graysen BRONZE
Tampa, Florida
Graysen BRONZE, Tampa, Florida
2 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don&#039;t matter and those who matter don&#039;t mind.&rdquo; <br /> -Dr. Seuss

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What You Do 2 Me
By Anonymous
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Love is a battle
By JessHaley PLATINUM
HIGHLAND, New York
JessHaley PLATINUM, HIGHLAND, New York
29 articles 26 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live for Life

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The Web
By Josh Kurtz BRONZE
Saddle Brook, New Jersey
Josh Kurtz BRONZE, Saddle Brook, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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