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By ThisBreRulezYouSonnn BRONZE
Wake Forest, North Carolina

I sobbed silently. Tears streamed down my cheek and dripped onto my favorite brown pillow. My heart hurt in my chest and my nose was so clogged up that I gasped for oxygen. After a...
ThisBreRulezYouSonnn BRONZE, Wake Forest, North Carolina
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Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;<br /> Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;<br /> Thy fate is the common fate of all--<br /> Into each life some rain must fall,<br /> some days must be dark and dreary.<br /> --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)


Cronkleton SILVER, Lincoln, Nebraska
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

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By Cronkleton SILVER
Lincoln, Nebraska
Cronkleton SILVER, Lincoln, Nebraska
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

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Kim Driscoll BRONZE, Clinton, Connecticut
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Caliefornia SILVER, Elmhurst, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 5 comments

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&ldquo;It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.&rdquo;

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LiaBe PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
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By Tuff_One SILVER
South Elgin, Illinois
Tuff_One SILVER, South Elgin, Illinois
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By windswift DIAMOND
Arvada, Colorado
windswift DIAMOND, Arvada, Colorado
80 articles 0 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
let it burn, suffering teaches the soul; let it grow, love nourishes the heart.

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