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By SunshyneSky GOLD
Oakdale, California

Over the duration of this past month (especially this past week), I've been doing some searching. It isn't searching for myself because I believe I've come to know m...
SunshyneSky GOLD, Oakdale, California
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two."


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BriannaLeigh SILVER, Paw Paw, West Virginia
5 articles 3 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." -E.L. Doctorow

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By MegoMyEggo GOLD
Solomons, Maryland
MegoMyEggo GOLD, Solomons, Maryland
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By victoriaa_toy BRONZE
Mount Sterling, Kentucky
victoriaa_toy BRONZE, Mount Sterling, Kentucky
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By Lisawashere GOLD
Los Angeles, California
Lisawashere GOLD, Los Angeles, California
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sammmiller1 BRONZE, Elon, North Carolina
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JesusAlvarez BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
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