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By Odessa_Sterling00 DIAMOND
No, Missouri

Summer has a way of seeming so great. Partly because you think it’s going to last forever, but really it’s only about three and half months. It’s sunny days seem so enticing afte...
Odessa_Sterling00 DIAMOND, No, Missouri
87 articles 108 photos 966 comments

Favorite Quote:
All gave some, some gave all. -War Veterans headstone.


Poetry
By Dread GOLD
Cincinnati, Iowa
Dread GOLD, Cincinnati, Iowa
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Men only think of their past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.<br /> <br /> Just because I&#039;m giving up , doesn&#039;t mean i don&#039;t care. It means I&#039;m tired of giving my everything and ending up with nothing.

Poetry
By lexgredon SILVER
Lake Mary, Florida
lexgredon SILVER, Lake Mary, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Attack life, it&#039;s just going to kill you in the end.

Lacie Starkjohann BRONZE, Absarokee, Montana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By TheArchitect ELITE
Madison, Wisconsin
TheArchitect ELITE, Madison, Wisconsin
227 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
-Anything said by Mr. T<br /> - Ill be in my bunk<br /> - Im so clever that half the time I don&#039;t even understand what I&#039;m saying

Poetry
By Allicsirp SILVER
Canton, Georgia
Allicsirp SILVER, Canton, Georgia
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a<br /> pessimist who is always right.&quot;<br /> &quot;When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are<br /> dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.&quot;

Poetry
By directorchick419 GOLD
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
directorchick419 GOLD, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
15 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d wanted to stay on that porch with him until the sun shone bright on both of us, but i didn&#039;t. I stood up and walked down the steps. I&#039;d rather chase the sun than wait for it.&quot; from I am the Messanger by Markus Zusak.

Allicsirp SILVER, Canton, Georgia
7 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a<br /> pessimist who is always right.&quot;<br /> &quot;When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are<br /> dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality.&quot;

Poetry
By Ashfire10 SILVER
Morganton, North Carolina
Ashfire10 SILVER, Morganton, North Carolina
5 articles 9 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing about.&quot; -Benjamin Franklin<br /> &quot;Family isn&#039;t who&#039;s blood you carry but who you love, and who loves you&quot; -Jackie Chan

Poetry
By trisaratops SILVER
Eatonville, Washington
trisaratops SILVER, Eatonville, Washington
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The feeling of being &#039;okay&#039; does not imply that the person has risen above all their faults and emotional problems. It merely implies that they refuse to be paralyzed by them.&quot;