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By chunkycat BRONZE
Hong Kong, Other

Not cut to pieces, Her body was found as white and rounded as a newborn’s thumb Face-up in the Eastern bay, Her mouth Open as if mouthing The syllables of remembered conv...
chunkycat BRONZE, Hong Kong, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“One is still what one is going to cease to be and already what one is going to become. One lives one’s death, one dies one’s life.” - Jean-Paul Sartre


#242572 Poetry
By hoperunsunderneath GOLD
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
hoperunsunderneath GOLD, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
16 articles 4 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Out of infinite time, out of infinite place, we are right now." -Jon Foreman

celloizmylife PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
27 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
Around here, however, we don&#039;t look backwards for very long.<br /> We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we&#039;re curious.....And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.<br /> -Walt Disney

#242574 Poetry
By Erin326 GOLD
Spokane, Washington
Erin326 GOLD, Spokane, Washington
18 articles 0 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
The silence isn&#039;t so bad<br /> &#039;Till I look at my hands and feel sad<br /> &#039;Cause the spaces between my fingers<br /> Are right where yours fit perfectly.....

#242575 Poetry
By Yoela PLATINUM
Seattle, Washington
Yoela PLATINUM, Seattle, Washington
27 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My powers stretch over the horizon and work even when my eyes are closed&quot;

#242576 Poetry
By VictoriaH. PLATINUM
Henderson, Nevada
VictoriaH. PLATINUM, Henderson, Nevada
45 articles 32 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
the greatest thing you&#039;ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return - Moulin Rouge<br /> <br /> we accept the love we think we deserve - the perks of being a wallflower

#242577 Poetry
By XSlippdAwayX SILVER
Phoenix, Arizona
XSlippdAwayX SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.

#242578 Poetry
By Riley12 SILVER
Lakewood, Ohio
Riley12 SILVER, Lakewood, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
If we have souls, they are bounded by love, dimmed by time, and lost by death<br /> -Oblivion

#242579 Poetry
By TazMarch SILVER
Yakima, Washington
TazMarch SILVER, Yakima, Washington
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I looked upon your face and knew happiness.

#242580 Poetry
By elilienfeld PLATINUM
West Branch, Iowa
elilienfeld PLATINUM, West Branch, Iowa
22 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Mi salvaci&oacute;n fue leer, leer los buenos libros, refugiarme en esos mundos donde vivir era exaltante, intenso, una aventura tras otra, donde pod&iacute;a sentirme libre y volv&iacute;a a ser feliz&quot;<br /> - Mario Vargas Llosa<br /> My salvation was read, read good books, take refuge in those worlds where living was exhilarating, intense, one adventure after another, where I could feel free and be happy again