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By colorwhirlgirl SILVER
Defiance, Ohio

Do we keep up the act, Put on the smiley mask, And prolong the facade, so they all step back And stop asking questions? Does there ever come a time The acting all comes to...
colorwhirlgirl SILVER, Defiance, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.” – Edgar Allan Poe


#189632 Poetry
By Callaghan PLATINUM
Medford, Massachusetts
Callaghan PLATINUM, Medford, Massachusetts
41 articles 8 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.<br /> -Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief

#189633 Poetry
By singing27 PLATINUM
Sussex, Wisconsin
singing27 PLATINUM, Sussex, Wisconsin
22 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#189634 Poetry
By candygirl1985 GOLD
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
candygirl1985 GOLD, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
16 articles 4 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved. And if it wasn&#039;t there ... I put it there myself. ~ John Knowles

#189635 Poetry
By Levanna BRONZE
Crawford, Colorado
Levanna BRONZE, Crawford, Colorado
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic.

#189636 Poetry
By jens1205 BRONZE
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
jens1205 BRONZE, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#189637 Poetry
By occasionalbeauty427 GOLD
Albuquerque, New Mexico
occasionalbeauty427 GOLD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
18 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A dead man once told me, &quot;To thine own self be true.&quot;

#189638 Poetry
By bookworm13129 SILVER
Stoughton, Massachusetts
bookworm13129 SILVER, Stoughton, Massachusetts
7 articles 4 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Fate is like a strange unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don&#039;t always like.&quot; - Lemony Sniket

#189639 Poetry
By MadisonC72 BRONZE
Flower Mound, Texas
MadisonC72 BRONZE, Flower Mound, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#189640 Poetry
By cemeterybats ELITE
Parker, Colorado
cemeterybats ELITE, Parker, Colorado
113 articles 0 photos 1 comment