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By scenegurr SILVER
Kenmore, Washington

To love and to be loved. To make others feel good about themselves through random acts of kindness such as a friendly “hello!’ in the hallway, or a compliment on their looks. To tr...
scenegurr SILVER, Kenmore, Washington
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"it's funny how when someone breaks your heart you still love them with all of your pieces"


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"If the living can be spoken ill of, why not the dead?"~Unknown

Alyssa(: PLATINUM, Arvada, Colorado
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&quot;I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe

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Nicole_Bender SILVER, Morgantown, Pennsylvania
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I don&#039;t want to live my life and learn that I only lived the length of it. I want to live the width of it too.

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Pelham, Alabama
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&quot;Sometimes people write the things that they can&#039;t say.&quot; -One Tree Hill

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