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By LivyNewhall DIAMOND
Palm Coast, Florida

And don't ask me why I didn't turn on the light. Why when I've devoted my entire life to the light, I felt most comfortable in the darkness. I stood there,...
LivyNewhall DIAMOND, Palm Coast, Florida
69 articles 15 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi


#242312 Poetry
By gremlin BRONZE
Auburn, New York
gremlin BRONZE, Auburn, New York
4 articles 0 photos 33 comments

Favorite Quote:
Blood makes you related, Loyalty makes you family

#242313 Poetry
By SaraLynn GOLD
Peoria, Arizona
SaraLynn GOLD, Peoria, Arizona
10 articles 0 photos 3 comments
billlover420 GOLD, Justin, Texas
12 articles 0 photos 70 comments

Favorite Quote:
Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery.  People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody. ~J.D. Salinger,The Catcher in the Rye,

#242315 Poetry
By Afanen PLATINUM
Santa Rosa, California
Afanen PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
49 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But you see, Meg, just because we don&#039;t understand doesn&#039;t mean that the explanation doesn&#039;t exist.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

#242316 Poetry
#242317 Poetry
By MugK BRONZE
Voorhees, New Jersey
MugK BRONZE, Voorhees, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#242318 Poetry
By Anonymous
#242319 Poetry
By msn9896 GOLD
Billings, Montana
msn9896 GOLD, Billings, Montana
11 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. ~H.A. Overstreet

#242320 Poetry
By rand0mteenager SILVER
Yonkers, New York
rand0mteenager SILVER, Yonkers, New York
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
I like books more than people