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By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania

My fingers found pasty skin. My hands laced through the air and over the wind. When I see you I feel so lost, as if you've lifted me from my earthly body and set me in the Hea...
ScarlettJ. DIAMOND, West Newton, Pennsylvania
92 articles 0 photos 88 comments

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"You are only confined by the walls you build around yourself." "Follow your heart, but take your brain with you." "You were born to be real, not to be perfect."


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By JBrinson BRONZE
Council Bluffs, Iowa
JBrinson BRONZE, Council Bluffs, Iowa
4 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'-Muhammad Ali

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By K-Siprelle GOLD
Maryville, Tennessee
K-Siprelle GOLD, Maryville, Tennessee
10 articles 3 photos 7 comments
CarrieSElam PLATINUM, West Liberty, Kentucky
24 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; When you Grow Up, Your Heart Dies.&quot;- Ally Sheedy ( The Breakfast Club, 1985)<br /> <br /> &ldquo;And in the end, we were all just humans.. drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &quot;Groovy Like a Drive In movie&quot;

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By Mishamigo DIAMOND
Newton, Kansas
Mishamigo DIAMOND, Newton, Kansas
54 articles 28 photos 24 comments

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We accept the love we think we deserve.

merritt_bjork BRONZE, Bend, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good. <br /> Dr. Seuss

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By imari BRONZE
Desota, Georgia
imari BRONZE, Desota, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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&bull;<br /> It&rsquo;s amazing how we can see all the flaws in other people but none in ourselves<br /> &bull;<br /> True friends are like spider webs the more you push the more they stick when enemies are like dandelions they blow away with the wind<br /> &bull;<br /> I am me which I can&rsquo;t change I dress, talk, walk, and act like me HEY! IM ME and that is all I need<br /> &bull;<br /> Even if a seed grows from an apple rather than a rose it is still beautiful <br /> &bull;<br /> Face you demons because yes they will be back quicker than you can think it<br /> &bull;<br /> Middle finger to all the bitches that hate on you ( YOU THE SH**)<br /> &bull;<br /> Life has to many challenges colors that block out the light everything needs to be better<br /> &bull;<br /> Being where you&rsquo;re not wanted and you know this is true living a lie you know you can&rsquo;t uphold but you leave me there in the shadow with no one and I laugh at your stupidest SO SAD<br /> &bull;<br /> IM BURNING ON THE INSIDE BUT THE OUTSIDE JUST SHOWS ME

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By HeyitsAudrey BRONZE
Wexford, Pennsylvania
HeyitsAudrey BRONZE, Wexford, Pennsylvania
1 article 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.&quot;

Mishamigo DIAMOND, Newton, Kansas
54 articles 28 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
We accept the love we think we deserve.

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Brooke Bullock BRONZE, Petal, Mississippi
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments