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By DeusExMachina SILVER
Reading, Pennsylvania

I think I wish I were a bird. If I was a bird, I wouldn’t Choose to fly. It seems much Too obvious. Anticipated. I’d simply sit there Under the Mulberry tree and savor The...
DeusExMachina SILVER, Reading, Pennsylvania
7 articles 6 photos 93 comments

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The universe was exploding, each particle away from the next, hurtling us into dark and lonely space, eternally tearing us away from each other--child out of the womb, friend away from friend, moving from each other, each through his own pathway toward the goal-box of solitary death


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By rubyrainstorm SILVER
Closter, New Jersey
rubyrainstorm SILVER, Closter, New Jersey
7 articles 0 photos 275 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
-Buddha.

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By Mermaidmissy SILVER
Las Vegas, Nevada
Mermaidmissy SILVER, Las Vegas, Nevada
8 articles 0 photos 136 comments
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By AsIAm PLATINUM
Somewhere, North Carolina
AsIAm PLATINUM, Somewhere, North Carolina
48 articles 3 photos 606 comments

Favorite Quote:
"According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. (Generally those who don't have to do it. Politicians and writers spring to mind.) I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking." — Jonathan Stroud (Ptolemy's Gate)

-Emie- SILVER, Wayland, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 171 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
"Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed." - G.K. Chesterton

k.james SILVER, Whitby, Other
5 articles 0 photos 110 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Love without action is meaningless, action without love is irrelevant." -Deepak Chopra

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By Rosebud32 PLATINUM
Bloomington, Illinois
Rosebud32 PLATINUM, Bloomington, Illinois
25 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"a rose for a rose, maybe the best gift of them all"

artfromtheheart BRONZE, Sharon, Massachusetts
3 articles 0 photos 7 comments
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By Boosflash DIAMOND
Papillion, Nebraska
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
55 articles 0 photos 2066 comments

Favorite Quote:
What the front door.

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By Oracion SILVER
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Oracion SILVER, Muskogee, Oklahoma
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fiction's not much different from Reality, sometimes people just forget to look for the magic in their own lives