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I am Flying
By ScarlettJ. DIAMOND
West Newton, Pennsylvania

I used to be a chasm; A pit, or an abyss they'd say. But surely I was meant for more, I always would pray. Slipping into depression, I would slowly decay. I seemed horrified,...
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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Fractured Wings
By RockyLightwood GOLD
New York City, New York
RockyLightwood GOLD, New York City, New York
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&ldquo;You know you&#039;re in love when you can&#039;t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.&rdquo; <br /> ― Dr. Seuss

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Do Violent Video Games Make People More Violent?
By Darthchase BRONZE
Boston, Massachusetts
Darthchase BRONZE, Boston, Massachusetts
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A Box of Gratitude MAG
By BaerPrint SILVER
Fairfield, Connecticut
BaerPrint SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don&#039;t write, because our culture has no use for it.<br /> Anais Nin

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Toxicity of Hustle Culture: Are We Are Lying To Ourselves?
By zarashariff9 PLATINUM
New York, New York
zarashariff9 PLATINUM, New York, New York
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Response to "The Modern Zoo"
By JaylinM SILVER
Defiance, Ohio
JaylinM SILVER, Defiance, Ohio
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What Freedom Means to Me
By courtneycole SILVER
Hartland, Wisconsin
courtneycole SILVER, Hartland, Wisconsin
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All Dogs Go to Heaven.
By Anonymous
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As Though Nobody is Listening
By Wafflefairy BRONZE
Elmwood Park, Illinois
Wafflefairy BRONZE, Elmwood Park, Illinois
1 article 1 photo 1 comment

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&quot;People think that I must be a very strange person. This is not correct. I have the heart of a small boy. It is in a glass jar on my desk.&quot; -Stephen King

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Self-Harm
By Insane2001 SILVER
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Insane2001 SILVER, Plainsboro, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

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I found myself looking around me at hollow faces, and wondering if this is it, if every heart on this earth has been stained. But then, when I look into our hearts, I see we&#039;re all like candles with beauty inside, masked behind wax, hardened by the pain we all must face. But when one of us begins to burn with compassion, our fragrance fills the air, and we unconsciously ignite others around us. I find that the wax melts, and that is our core, our beauty, our light that remains. Slowly we&#039;ll burn one by one, till the day we reach the end of our sticks and we&#039;re all burning with compassion. So maybe we all have to be set alight.- Percy Jackson, Wolf&#039;s Law Chapter 23.

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