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By heavyheart SILVER
Winter Haven, Florida

It’s 12:03 am and I am writing these words with tired eyes and a swelling heart. My head is spinning like a top with thoughts of you: The sporadic pattern of freckles that cover yo...
heavyheart SILVER, Winter Haven, Florida
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"Can you understand? Someone, somewhere, can you understand me a little, love me a little? For all my despair, for all my ideals, for all that - I love life. But it is hard, and I have so much - so very much to learn."


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By sofocarrrot GOLD
Marietta, Georgia
sofocarrrot GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
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By catecelentano SILVER
Wyckoff, New Jersey
catecelentano SILVER, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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By TragicMagic10 SILVER
Phoenix, Arizona
TragicMagic10 SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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&quot;She reads books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.&quot;<br /> &quot;Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.&quot;<br /> &quot;Do small things with great love.&quot; -Mother Teresa<br /> &quot;And though she be but little, she is fierce.&quot; -Shakespeare

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By MargaretEllis GOLD
Portland, Maine
MargaretEllis GOLD, Portland, Maine
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\&quot;Learn to dance in the rain.\&quot; A student at my school said this just before she lost her battle with leukemia.

dysfuntellect DIAMOND, Yorktown, Virginia
65 articles 0 photos 10 comments

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Everything that you want is on the other side of fear- George Adair

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By Mitch Maslanka BRONZE
Northboro, Massachusetts
Mitch Maslanka BRONZE, Northboro, Massachusetts
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By aukai18 BRONZE
Lihue, Hawaii
aukai18 BRONZE, Lihue, Hawaii
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Confused_scheherazade ELITE, Brooklyn, New York, New York
132 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
I know nothing, but of miracles.