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#91751voted by our readers
By KikiJones BRONZE
Miramar, Florida

I don't understand why people try so hard to be someone else. That make up only fools the one who wears it, Do you think it makes you better, do like to hide your flaws?...
KikiJones BRONZE, Miramar, Florida
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There were things I wanted to tell him but I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them and let them hurt me.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &mdash;<br /> Jonathan Safran Foer<br /> And <br /> <br /> &quot;Words are like a gun, keep them on safety if you&#039;re not ready for the consequences of hurting someone.&nbsp;&quot;


#91752 Poetry
By DifferentTeen PLATINUM
Seaford, Delaware
DifferentTeen PLATINUM, Seaford, Delaware
32 articles 2 photos 329 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&rsquo;s no such thing as true love, just spurts of insanity&mdash;falling over and over again, thinking that won&rsquo;t happen to me&quot;

#91753 Poetry
MikalaReighann0215 SILVER, Midland, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#91754 Poetry
By Ebony_Rose PLATINUM
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Ebony_Rose PLATINUM, Hot Springs, Arkansas
21 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The simplest way that i can understand therapy is that we&#039;re born a certain<br /> way, we&#039;re taught to be something different, and we spend our whole lives<br /> trying to unravel it and ultimately align ourselves with who we really are.&quot; ~Billy Corgan

#91755 Poetry
By ArinellWingheart GOLD
Boulder, Colorado
ArinellWingheart GOLD, Boulder, Colorado
14 articles 5 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t think I can change the world, but I&#039;ll give everything I have to make the world change itself.&quot;

#91756 Poetry
By filmfanatic PLATINUM
Arlington, Massachusetts
filmfanatic PLATINUM, Arlington, Massachusetts
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#91757 Poetry
By Anonymous
#91758 Poetry
By trevor2001 BRONZE
Malakoff, Texas
trevor2001 BRONZE, Malakoff, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
MirandaAdelyn SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
9 articles 1 photo 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.&rdquo; <br /> ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

#91760 Poetry
By BeingAnna GOLD
Montreal, Other
BeingAnna GOLD, Montreal, Other
13 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Imperfection is beauty<br /> -Marilyn Monroe